Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - fortuitous
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adjective Etymology: Latin fortuitus; akin to Latin fort-, fors chance — more at fortune Date: 1653 1. occurring by chance 2. a. fortunate, lucky from a cost standpoint, the company's timing is ~ — Business Week b. coming or happening by a lucky chance belted down the stairs, and there was a ~ train — Doris Lessing Synonyms: see accidental • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun Usage: Sense 2a has been influenced in meaning by fortunate. It has been in standard if not elevated use for some 70 years, but is still disdained by some critics. Sense 2b, a blend of 1 and 2a, is virtually unnoticed by the critics. Sense 1 is the only sense commonly used in negative constructions. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
adj. due to or characterized by chance; accidental, casual. Derivatives fortuitously adv. fortuitousness n. Etymology: L fortuitus f. forte by chance ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. книж. случайный fortuitous meeting —- случайная встреча 2. простореч. счастливый a fortuitous occasion —- приятный случай ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ adj formal happening by chance, especially in a way that has a good result (a fortuitous meeting) - fortuitously adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1653, from L. fortuitus, from forte "by chance," abl. of fors "chance." It means "accidental, undesigned" not "fortunate." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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