happening+by+chance
61fortuitous — fortuitously, adv. fortuitousness, n. /fawr tooh i teuhs, tyooh /, adj. 1. happening or produced by chance; accidental: a fortuitous encounter. 2. lucky; fortunate: a series of fortuitous events that advanced her career. [1645 55; < L fortuitus,… …
62fortuitous — for•tu•i•tous [[t]fɔrˈtu ɪ təs, ˈtyu [/t]] adj. 1) happening or produced by chance; accidental: a fortuitous encounter[/ex] 2) lucky; fortunate • Etymology: 1645–55; < L fortuitus, akin to fors, gen. fortis chance, luck for•tu′i•tous•ly, adv.… …
63possibility — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Capability of being done Nouns possibility, potentiality, likelihood, liability; what may be, what is possible; compatibility (see agreement); reasonability; reasonableness (see reasoning);… …
64con|tin|gency — «kuhn TIHN juhn see», noun, plural cies. 1. a happening or event depending on something that is uncertain; possibility: »The explorer carried supplies for every contingency. 2. an accidental happening; uncertain event; chance: »Football players… …
65Fortuitous — For*tu i*tous, a. [L. fortuitus; akin to forte, adv., by chance, prop. abl. of fors, fortis, chance. See {Fortune}.] 1. Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous concourse of… …
66Fortuitously — Fortuitous For*tu i*tous, a. [L. fortuitus; akin to forte, adv., by chance, prop. abl. of fors, fortis, chance. See {Fortune}.] 1. Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous… …
67Fortuitousness — Fortuitous For*tu i*tous, a. [L. fortuitus; akin to forte, adv., by chance, prop. abl. of fors, fortis, chance. See {Fortune}.] 1. Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous… …
68fortuitous — I adjective accidental, adventitious, casual, chance, circumstantial, coincidental, designless, forte oblatus, fortuitus, haphazard, happening by chance, involuntary, lucky, occurring by chance, providential, random, spontaneous, surprise,… …
69fortuitous — [fɔ: tju:ɪtəs] adjective happening by chance rather than intention. ↘informal happening by a lucky chance; fortunate. Derivatives fortuitously adverb fortuitousness noun fortuity noun (plural fortuities). Origi …
70fortuities — fortuitous ► ADJECTIVE 1) happening by chance rather than design. 2) happening by a lucky chance; fortunate. DERIVATIVES fortuitously adverb fortuitousness noun fortuity noun (pl. fortuities) . ORIGIN Latin fortuitus, from forte …
