"fortuitously" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more fortuitously [comparative], most fortuitously [superlative]
Etymology: fortuitous + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fortuitous|ly}} 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'in a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by chance; coincidentally; accidentally': 73 27
  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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'in a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by a lucky chance; luckily; fortunately': 29 71

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