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UK
/fɔːtjˈuːɪti/
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NOUN
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anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck
it was due to an accident or fortuity
winning the lottery was a happy accident
How To Use fortuity In A Sentence
- To make the Act work that way makes the Act turn on a fortuity.
- Then identically situated litigants would receive different treatment based upon the fortuity of whether their case appeared before a state or federal judge.
- it was due to an accident or fortuity
- From the Telegraph story: “Bordeaux winegrowers have a habit of throwing in superlatives about vintages and the sceptical may question the fortuity of such a great year given that Bordeaux sales have been falling in the wake of the 2005 boom.” Bordeaux 09, Sean Connery, Binny’s, uprooting – sipped and spit | Dr Vino's wine blog
- But there is a lot of fortuity in the courses lives take.
- If, according to some, Friday the 13th is an unlucky day, then shouldn't Friday the 7th (because 7 has been identified by many as a lucky number) be full of fortuity and good things? Friday the 7th
- How to characterise the element of fortuity in this context is not easy.
- But I don't know if the fact that you did not cause an explosion in your kitchen has to do with the boiling point of water or the fortuity that you used a can capable of withstanding the interior pressure of a liquid heated to that temperature.
- Thanks to the central administration's backing, and the fortuity of events, we have a chance to do some major hiring while making other transformational changes. Discourse.net: Ten Reasons Why You Should Teach Here -- And Three Why You Shouldn't (v. 3.0)
- Only fortuity and strength had saved the few like Van Hast. 365 tomorrows » 2008 » October : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day