happening+by+chance
101accidental — [ak΄sə dent′ l] adj. [ME < LL accidentalis: see ACCIDENT] 1. happening by chance; fortuitous 2. belonging but not essential; attributive; incidental 3. Music of an accidental n. 1. a nonessential quality or feature 2 …
102for|tu´i|tous|ness — for|tu|i|tous «fr TOO uh tuhs, TYOO », adjective. happening by chance; accidental: »a fortuitous meeting, a fortuitous acquaintance. The fortuitous falling of an apple led Newton to formulate the law of gravitation. SYNONYM(S): casual. ╂[<… …
103for|tu´i|tous|ly — for|tu|i|tous «fr TOO uh tuhs, TYOO », adjective. happening by chance; accidental: »a fortuitous meeting, a fortuitous acquaintance. The fortuitous falling of an apple led Newton to formulate the law of gravitation. SYNONYM(S): casual. ╂[<… …
104for|tu|i|tous — «fr TOO uh tuhs, TYOO », adjective. happening by chance; accidental: »a fortuitous meeting, a fortuitous acquaintance. The fortuitous falling of an apple led Newton to formulate the law of gravitation. SYNONYM(S): casual. ╂[< Latin fortuītus… …
105casual — casually, adv. casualness, n. /kazh ooh euhl/, adj. 1. happening by chance; fortuitous: a casual meeting. 2. without definite or serious intention; careless or offhand; passing: a casual remark. 3. seeming or tending to be indifferent to what is… …
106accidental — 1. adjective a) Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous an accidental visit b) Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental are accidental to a play …
107contingent — (adj.) late 14c., from O.Fr. contingent or directly from L. contingentem (nom. contingens) happening, touching, prp. of contingere to touch (see CONTACT (Cf. contact)). The noun is from 1540s, thing happening by chance; as a group forming part of …
108coincidence — [n1] agreement; coexistence accompaniment, accord, accordance, collaboration, concomitance, concurrence, conformity, conjunction, consonance, correlation, correspondence, parallelism, synchronism, union; concepts 667,684,714 Ant. clash, deviation …
109contingent — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin contingent , contingens, present participle of contingere to have contact with, befall, from com + tangere to touch more at tangent Date: 14th century 1. likely but not… …
110accidental — accidentally, adv. accidentalness, accidentality, n. /ak si den tl/, adj. 1. happening by chance or accident; not planned; unexpected: an accidental meeting. 2. nonessential; incidental; subsidiary: accidental benefits. 3. Music. relating to or… …
