Used in a Sentence

fortuitous

How to use fortuitous in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for fortuitous.

Editorial note

It's pretty fortuitous that so many folks in Russia have dashboard cams.

Examples14
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fortuitous gathered in one view.

adjective

having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times"

adjective

occurring by happy chance; "profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fortuitous.

adjective

having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times"

adjective

occurring by happy chance; "profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials"

Example sentences

1

It's pretty fortuitous that so many folks in Russia have dashboard cams.

2

And I find that those who've had the most fortuitous defaults tend to ascribe them to their 'selves' more than others do.

3

The fact that Stripe is making progress now is more a fortuitous confluence of events than the fact that nobody else had tried.

4

It's another example of shortsightedness by the USG,but fortuitous in this case.

5

It started with a fortuitous call from a large company making a massively multiplayer game for kids.

6

Basic science moves forward slowly limited by the pace of fortuitous discoveries.

7

Rather, I consider it to be somewhat fortuitous to be able to gain a historical appreciation of these trends as they reach new peaks.

8

The result may look like "luck" from the outside, but in reality it was a confluence of both stochastic elements and fortuitous prior decision making.

9

[...] The fortuitous data compression implicit in wave functions is merely another reason to suspect we are in a simulation.

10

It was a rather fortuitous coincidence because I'm starting on a Drupal project and was evaluating hosting options to use for development.

11

A better ending might've been something along the lines of "Paying twice cost less than paying once," and left out characterizing this fortuitous win as a "genius" strategy.

12

It seems much more likely that this is fortuitous teleological translation rather than an actual discovery of the speed of light cryptically hidden away in the Vedas.

13

The mission ended up becoming an outer Solar System "grand tour" due to a fortuitous planetary alignment, but only Voyager 2 was able to visit Uranus and Neptune.

14

A rewrite in any language would have been better than the original system, but our decision to use Go turned out to be fortuitous in that we managed to do so in record time and with much greater programmer productivity.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fortuitous in a sentence?

It's pretty fortuitous that so many folks in Russia have dashboard cams.

What does fortuitous mean?

having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times"

What part of speech is fortuitous?

fortuitous is commonly used as adjective.