fortuitousness
61opening — I adj initial, starting, beginning, commencing, introductory, prefatory, first. II n 1. hiatus, lacuna, gap, slit, slot; hole, hollow, cavity, aperture, orifice, ostiole; interstice, areola, pore, Anat. sinus; peephole, buttonhole, pinhole, eye,… …
62serendipity — n chance, fortuity, fortuitousness, happenstance, hap, mere chance, happy chance; luck, Lady Luck, fortune, Lady or Dame Fortune, wheels of fortune or chance, heads or tails, roll or toss of the dice; accident, coincidence, irony, contingency …
63uncertainty — n 1. doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, dubiety, skepticism; unsureness, hesitancy, hesitation; caution, wariness, tentativeness; suspicion, suspiciousness, diffidence, misgiving, distrust, mistrust. 2. guess, piece of guesswork; borderline case,… …
64vicissitude — n 1. change, mutation, permutation, modification, transformation, metamorphosis; variation, variance, difference, divergence, deviation. 2. alternation, shifting, vacillation, fluctuation, interchange; rotation, reversal, turn about, turnaround,… …
65contingency — /kənˈtɪndʒənsi / (say kuhn tinjuhnsee) noun (plural contingencies) 1. a contingent event; a chance, accident, or possibility, conditional on something uncertain. 2. fortuitousness; uncertainty; dependence on chance or on the fulfilment of a… …
66fortuitous — /fɔˈtjuətəs / (say faw tyoohuhtuhs) adjective happening or produced by chance; accidental. {Latin fortuītus casual} –fortuitously, adverb –fortuitousness, noun Usage: Strictly speaking, fortuitous means happening by chance , whether to one s… …
67fortuities — fortuitous ► ADJECTIVE 1) happening by chance rather than design. 2) happening by a lucky chance; fortunate. DERIVATIVES fortuitously adverb fortuitousness noun fortuity noun (pl. fortuities) . ORIGIN Latin fortuitus, from forte …
68fortuitous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) happening by chance rather than design. 2) happening by a lucky chance; fortunate. DERIVATIVES fortuitously adverb fortuitousness noun fortuity noun (pl. fortuities) . ORIGIN Latin fortuitus, from forte …
69fortuitously — fortuitous ► ADJECTIVE 1) happening by chance rather than design. 2) happening by a lucky chance; fortunate. DERIVATIVES fortuitously adverb fortuitousness noun fortuity noun (pl. fortuities) . ORIGIN Latin fortuitus, from forte …
70fortuity — fortuitous ► ADJECTIVE 1) happening by chance rather than design. 2) happening by a lucky chance; fortunate. DERIVATIVES fortuitously adverb fortuitousness noun fortuity noun (pl. fortuities) . ORIGIN Latin fortuitus, from forte …
