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serendipitously

serendipitously adverb: by serendipity; by blind luck in combination with wisdom; by fortunate accident.

Adverb

serendipitously (comparative more serendipitously, superlative most serendipitously)

  1. By serendipity; by blind luck in combination with wisdom; by fortunate accident.
    • And that was a few years before the serendipitously named American politician Anthony Weiner reminded us once again that a high-powered job is no guarantee of knowing what to do with your penis, through his "sexting" use of Twitter (Snapchat hadn't been invented yet.)2013 September 20, Holly Baxter, The Guardian
    • And then unexpectedly, and serendipitously, Mr. Trump won the White House. Ending legal abortion appeared within their reach.2019 December 1, Elizabeth Dias, Lisa Lerer, The New York Times

Forms of serendipitously

comparativemore serendipitously
superlativemost serendipitously

Origin of serendipitously

From serendipitous + -ly.

Questions about serendipitously

What does serendipitously mean?
Serendipitously means by serendipity; by blind luck in combination with wisdom; by fortunate accident.
What part of speech is serendipitously?
Serendipitously is an adverb.

Words near serendipitously in the dictionary

  1. Serendip
  2. serendipities
  3. serendipitist
  4. serendipitists
  5. serendipitous
  6. serendipitously
  7. serendipitousness
  8. serendipity
  9. serendipity berries
  10. serendipity berry
  11. serene

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