"fortuitously" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fortuitously.wav Forms: more fortuitously [comparative], most fortuitously [superlative]
Etymology: From fortuitous + -ly. Etymology templates: {{af|en|fortuitous|-ly|id2=adverbial}} fortuitous + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} fortuitously (comparative more fortuitously, superlative most fortuitously)
  1. In a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by chance; coincidentally; accidentally. Translations (in a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by chance; coincidentally; accidentally): fortuïtament (Catalan), accidentalment (Catalan), atzarosament (Catalan), sattumalta (Finnish), sattumoisin (Finnish), tahattomasti (Finnish), fortuitement (French), zufällig (German), fortuitamente (Italian), przypadkowo (Polish), przypadkiem (Polish), fortuitamente (Spanish), accidentalmente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fortuitously-en-adv-IqEATI0K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'in a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by chance; coincidentally; accidentally': 71 29
  2. (sometimes proscribed) In a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by a lucky chance; luckily; fortunately. Tags: proscribed, sometimes Translations (in a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by a lucky chance; luckily; fortunately): sortosament (Catalan), per sort (Catalan), afortunadament (Catalan), heureusement (French), afortunadamente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fortuitously-en-adv-AYuml-P0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'in a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by a lucky chance; luckily; fortunately': 31 69
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