English to German Meaning of fortuitous - zufällig

Fortuitous :

zufällig

adjective

plötzlich, beiläufig, bissig, zufällig, Vorfall, gelegentlich, nebensächlich, episodisch, unvorbereitet, elementar, psychisch, übernatürlich, aleatorischen, planlos

Fortuitous :: zufälligFortuitously :: zufälligFortuitousness :: Zufälligkeit

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Definitions of fortuitous in English

Adjective(1) having no cause or apparent cause(2) occurring by happy chance

Examples of fortuitous in English

(1) Much of the success of the text is by design, other aspects are by fortuitous accident.(2) The loft above the work space was a fortuitous accident that happened during construction.(3) This fortuitous and timely development supports faculty initiatives.(4) By a fortuitous coincidence, it involves some real handcuffs.(5) On a similar theme, red is a lucky or fortuitous colour so wedding banquets in Japan tend to have red food included.(6) As it turned out, it was rather fortuitous that I had stopped to have a short discussion with Irving.(7) It was rather fortuitous then, to have the Prime Minister himself underline the need for a more direct and reliable land route.(8) The road to the professional drama circuit was rather fortuitous .(9) It had been obtained by one of those fortuitous coincidences that sometimes produce great journalism.(10) There things might have stayed, except for a rapid and fortuitous concatenation of circumstance and opportunity.(11) Violence itself becomes a means of reassurance, a fortuitous opportunity through which the strength of re-enforced steel is tested.(12) If such evidence surfaces, watch out for another fortuitous destruction of those records.(13) The goal was the key score, and a rather fortuitous one.(14) It probably arose from the accidental but fortuitous fermentation of grapes from wild vines.(15) They might have been, too, but for a rather fortuitous penalty awarded with nine minutes remaining.(16) Make no mistake this was a hard won if rather fortuitous victory but like recent games it needn't have been so.

Synonyms

Adjective

1. chance ::

Chance

2. lucky ::

Glücklich

3. uncaused ::

uncaused

Antonyms

1. hapless ::

glücklos

2. unfortunate ::

unglücklich

3. unhappy ::

unzufrieden

Different Forms

fortuitous, fortuitously, fortuitousness

Word Example from TV Shows

...which is FORTUITOUS because most squirrels are real jerks.

The Big Bang Theory Season 6, Episode 9

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