fortuitously
adverb
fortuitously is an adverb meaning “In a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by chance; coincidentally; accidentally” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-R-T-U-I-T-O-U-S-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 6 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fortuitously mean?
adverb
- 1
In a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by chance; coincidentally; accidentally.
- 2
proscribedIn a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by a lucky chance; luckily; fortunately.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fortuitously?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-fortuitously.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fortuitously
- more fortuitously comparative
- most fortuitously superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fortuitously?
Fortuitously appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,122nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Fortuitously in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fortuitement , heureusement |
| German | zufällig |
| Spanish | fortuitamente, accidentalmente , afortunadamente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fortuitously come from?
From fortuitous + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).