Definition of Fortuity

1. Noun. Anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause. "It was due to an accident or fortuity"

Exact synonyms: Accident, Chance Event, Stroke
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

fortravel
fortread
fortress
fortressed
fortresses
fortressing
fortresslike
forts
fortuit
fortuities
fortuitism
fortuitous
fortuitously
fortuitousness
fortuituous
fortuity (current term)
fortunate
fortunately
fortunateness
fortunatenesses
fortunates
fortune
fortune-teller
fortune-tellers
fortune-telling
fortune cookie
fortune cookies
fortune favors the bold
fortune favors the brave
fortune favours the bold

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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