for·tu·i·ty

(fôr-to͞o′ĭ-tē, -tyo͞o′-)

n. pl. for·tu·i·ties

1. A chance occurrence or event.

2. The quality or condition of being fortuitous.

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fortuity

(fɔːˈtjuːɪtɪ)

n, pl -ties

1. a chance or accidental occurrence

2. fortuitousness

3. chance or accident

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for•tu•i•ty

(fɔrˈtu ɪ ti, -ˈtyu-)

n., pl. -ties.

1. the state or quality of being fortuitous.

2. a fortuitous occurrence.

[1740–50]

fortuity

a chance event, discovery, or occurrence. — fortuitousness, n. — fortuitous, adj.

fortuity

noun

1. An unexpected random event:

accident, chance, fluke, hap, happenchance, happenstance, hazard.

2. The quality shared by random, unintended, or unpredictable events or this quality regarded as the cause of such events:

chance, fortuitousness, fortune, hap, hazard, luck.

Translations

Zufall

casualità

fortuity

[fɔːˈtjuːɪtɪ] n → accidentalità

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As the tears subside a little, and with her head leaning backward at the angle that will not injure her bonnet, she endures that terrible moment when grief, which has made all things else a weariness, has itself become weary; she looks down pensively at her bracelets, and adjusts their clasps with that pretty studied fortuity which would be gratifying to her mind if it were once more in a calm and healthy state.

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