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单词 fortuitously
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Definition of fortuitously in English:

fortuitously

adverb fɔːˈtʃuːɪtəslifɔrˈtuədəsli
  • 1By chance rather than intention.

    he fortuitously ended up in Detroit when his car broke down
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It becomes apparent that, somewhat fortuitously, the boy has ended up in his friend's class.
    • A few of the lost works were captured, partly fortuitously, by the camera.
    • The people who are minding the place fortuitously happen to be away that night.
    • Nor is there in the present case someone fortuitously on the scene who failed to act.
    • Neither is committed to the communities in which they fortuitously find themselves, having instead wider obligations.
    • Your clients fortuitously happen to be overseas.
    • Fortuitously, also opening this week is a wine bar in the former premises of the bank on Baggot Street.
    • It's a new world, material without being real, where poor ghosts, breathing dreams like air, drifted fortuitously about.
    • Fortuitously, Tom is stranded in the house by himself.
    • Fortuitously, it seems, a taxi is waiting for him.
    1. 1.1 By a lucky chance; fortunately.
      my arrival appears to be fortuitously timed
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The generous incentives allowing the creative classes tax breaks on their published works fortuitously afforded them the opportunity to invest their profits.
      • The health and safety adviser has been telling reporters how he fortuitously avoided capture by turning up to work early on Wednesday.
      • I mainly made jerseys and tanks for my then-husband, who, fortuitously, was colorblind.
      • News of her abduction gets back to the admiral, who, rather fortuitously, happens to be something of a skilled vampire hunter.
      • I arrived at low tide, most fortuitously, so I could follow the steps through a gate at the far corner of the reserve.
      • Fortuitously, the weather has been excellent since I returned and we have been very busy catching up with outdoor tasks.
      • He was challenged by a Dutch policeman on the train but, fortuitously, was allowed to carry on his journey despite having no identity papers.
      • Fortuitously, the driver was a doctor, and the squadron leader was rushed to the hospital, where his left leg was amputated.
      • She could have done medicine or physics, but fortuitously she was advised by a friend of ours to do law with the intent of later becoming a political player.
      • They began making documentaries together, and emerged fortuitously from film school just as the music video era was dawning.
 
 

Definition of fortuitously in US English:

fortuitously

adverbfôrˈto͞oədəslēfɔrˈtuədəsli
  • 1By chance rather than intention.

    he fortuitously ended up in Detroit when his car broke down
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Your clients fortuitously happen to be overseas.
    • It becomes apparent that, somewhat fortuitously, the boy has ended up in his friend's class.
    • The people who are minding the place fortuitously happen to be away that night.
    • Fortuitously, also opening this week is a wine bar in the former premises of the bank on Baggot Street.
    • It's a new world, material without being real, where poor ghosts, breathing dreams like air, drifted fortuitously about.
    • Neither is committed to the communities in which they fortuitously find themselves, having instead wider obligations.
    • Nor is there in the present case someone fortuitously on the scene who failed to act.
    • Fortuitously, Tom is stranded in the house by himself.
    • Fortuitously, it seems, a taxi is waiting for him.
    • A few of the lost works were captured, partly fortuitously, by the camera.
    1. 1.1 By a lucky chance; fortunately.
      my arrival appears to be fortuitously timed
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She could have done medicine or physics, but fortuitously she was advised by a friend of ours to do law with the intent of later becoming a political player.
      • The health and safety adviser has been telling reporters how he fortuitously avoided capture by turning up to work early on Wednesday.
      • He was challenged by a Dutch policeman on the train but, fortuitously, was allowed to carry on his journey despite having no identity papers.
      • I arrived at low tide, most fortuitously, so I could follow the steps through a gate at the far corner of the reserve.
      • I mainly made jerseys and tanks for my then-husband, who, fortuitously, was colorblind.
      • They began making documentaries together, and emerged fortuitously from film school just as the music video era was dawning.
      • Fortuitously, the driver was a doctor, and the squadron leader was rushed to the hospital, where his left leg was amputated.
      • Fortuitously, the weather has been excellent since I returned and we have been very busy catching up with outdoor tasks.
      • News of her abduction gets back to the admiral, who, rather fortuitously, happens to be something of a skilled vampire hunter.
      • The generous incentives allowing the creative classes tax breaks on their published works fortuitously afforded them the opportunity to invest their profits.
 
 
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