fortuitously
fortuitously adverb: in a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by chance; coincidentally; accidentally.
Adverb
fortuitously (comparative more fortuitously, superlative most fortuitously)
- In a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by chance; coincidentally; accidentally.
- […] For the genetic constitution of the individual may determine only a range of possible behaviour. The actual behaviour of each individual is fortuitously dependent on the total environment, and this latter can include the actual group. For example, the tendency of birds to refrain from mating...2017 July 12, Wilhelmina A. Leigh, Sketching Theoretical Biology: Toward a Theoretical Biology, Volume 2, volume 2, Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN
- In a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by a lucky chance; luckily; fortunately.
Forms of fortuitously
| comparative | more fortuitously |
|---|---|
| superlative | most fortuitously |
Origin of fortuitously
From fortuitous + -ly.
Questions about fortuitously
- What does fortuitously mean?
- Fortuitously means in a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by chance; coincidentally; accidentally.
- What part of speech is fortuitously?
- Fortuitously is an adverb.
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