'Fortuitously' definitions:
Definition of 'fortuitously'
(from WordNet)
adverb
By good fortune; "fortunately the weather was good" [syn: fortunately, fortuitously, luckily, as luck would have it] [ant: alas, regrettably, unfortunately, unluckily]
Definition of 'Fortuitously'
From: GCIDE
- 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 concourse of atoms. [1913 Webster]
- It was from causes seemingly fortuitous . . . that all the mighty effects of the Reformation flowed. --Robertson. [1913 Webster]
- So as to throw a glancing and fortuitous light upon the whole. --Hazlitt. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (LAw) Happening independently of human will or means of foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes. --Abbott.
- Syn: Accidental; casual; contingent; incidental. See Accidental. -- {For*tu"i*tous*ly}, adv. -- {For*tu"i*tous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]