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fortuitousness

fortuitousness noun: the quality of being fortuitous.

Noun

fortuitousness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being fortuitous.
    • It was a creation of artifice and mind. Such perfection of form, such hollowness that it certainly possessed, could not be the result of mere fortuitousness.1919 [1918], Jack London, “The Red One”, in The Red One, London: Mills and Boon

Synonyms of fortuitousness

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Origin of fortuitousness

From fortuitous + -ness.

Questions about fortuitousness

What does fortuitousness mean?
Fortuitousness means the quality of being fortuitous.
What part of speech is fortuitousness?
Fortuitousness is a noun.

Words near fortuitousness in the dictionary

  1. fortuitism
  2. fortuitist
  3. fortuitists
  4. fortuitous
  5. fortuitously
  6. fortuitousness
  7. fortuituous
  8. fortuity
  9. Fortuna
  10. fortunae
  11. fortunant

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