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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

accessory, accidental, additional, adscititious, adventitious, aleatory, appurtenant, ascititious, auxiliary, casual, causeless, chance, chancy, circumstantial, collateral, contingent, destinal, dicey, extra, fatal, fatidic, fluky, iffy, incidental, indeterminate, inessential, nonessential, odd, risky, secondary, subsidiary, superadded, superfluous, supervenient, supplemental, supplementary, uncaused, undetermined, unessential, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen, unlooked-for, unpredictable

Dictionary Results for fortuitous:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

fortuitous
    adj 1: having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle";
           "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune";
           "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and
           unrelated to the times" [syn: causeless, fortuitous,
           uncaused]
    2: occurring by happy chance; "profits were enhanced by a
       fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fortuitous \For*tu"i*tous\, a. [L. fortuitus; akin to forte,
   adv., by chance, prop. abl. of fors, fortis, chance. See
   Fortune.]
   1. Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or
      without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous
      concourse of atoms.
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            It was from causes seemingly fortuitous . . . that
            all the mighty effects of the Reformation flowed.
                                                  --Robertson.
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            So as to throw a glancing and fortuitous light upon
            the whole.                            --Hazlitt.
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   2. (LAw) Happening independently of human will or means of
      foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes.
      --Abbott.

   Syn: Accidental; casual; contingent; incidental. See
        Accidental. -- For*tu"i*tous*ly, adv. --
        For*tu"i*tous*ness, n.
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