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Definition of Fortuity
1. Noun. Anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause. "It was due to an accident or fortuity"
Generic synonyms: Happening, Natural Event, Occurrence, Occurrent
Specialized synonyms: Hap, Break, Good Luck, Happy Chance, Coincidence, Happenstance, Lottery
Derivative terms: Accidental
Definition of Fortuity
1. n. Accident; chance; casualty.
Definition of Fortuity
1. Noun. The state of being fortuitous ¹
2. Noun. A fortuitous event; an accident ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fortuity
1. an accidental occurrence [n -ITIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fortuity
Literary usage of Fortuity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Theological Dictionary: Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms by Charles Buck (1831)
"... among ¡I the ancients, seemed to have denoted al| principle of fortuity,
whereby things ¡| came to pass without being necessitated ¡thereto; but what, ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"... prefigure, allegorize, image forth, be a parable of. Adventure, n. I. Chance,
hazard, fortuity, contingency, risk, venture, stake, experiment, trial. 3. ..."
3. Natural Science and Religion: Two Lectures Delivered to the Theological by Asa Gray (1880)
"... pains to understand the matter that the true issue as regards design is not
between Darwinism and direct Creationism, but between design and fortuity, ..."
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