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Definition of Serendipitous
1. Adjective. Lucky in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries.
Definition of Serendipitous
1. Adjective. By serendipity; by unexpected good fortune. ¹
2. Adjective. Good, beneficial, favorable, etc.. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Serendipitous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Serendipitous
Literary usage of Serendipitous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Computational Biology: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science edited by Conrad Burns (1996)
"In other cases, new technologies emerge as a result of serendipitous breakthroughs
in either basic science or the application of newly discovered scientific ..."
2. Return to Resistance: Breeding Crops to Reduce Pesticide Dependence by Raoul A. Robinson (1996)
"This was a serendipitous discovery as exciting as Donald Johanson's discovery* of
... Indeed, Johanson's equally serendipitous discovery was quite close, ..."
3. A Review of the EPA Water Security Research and Technical Support Action Plan by National Research Council (U.S.), Panel on Water System Security Research, Inc NetLibrary (2004)
"The presence of appropriate POU or POE devices prior to a contamination event
may provide some serendipitous benefit in removing the agent. ..."
4. Drug Addiction Research & the Health of Women edited by Cora L. Wetherington (1999)
"... different drugs and behaviors because the interactions usually reveal the most
important and serendipitous information about the mechanisms at work. ..."
5. Bolivia and Coca by James Painter (1994)
"... in September 1991 that the marketing of two of these crops—pineapples to
Argentina and bananas to Chile— was "much more serendipitous than planned. ..."
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