fortunatenessn.
/ˈfɔːtjʊnətnɪs/ The quality or state of being fortunate.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > good fortune > quality
fortunateness1530
luckiness1548
fortunacy1580
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 222/2 Fortunatnesse, bienhevreté.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. v. sig. R4v Whose greatest fortunatenes is more vnfortunate, then my sisters greatest vnfortunatenesse.
1664 in G. Miege Relation of Three Embassies (1669) 171 The fortunateness of his Armes.
1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 35 Felicity, in its proper sense, is but another word for fortunateness, or happiness.
1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 308 A sign of fortunateness.
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