fortuitously

Definitions

By a fortunate chance; luckily.

Happening by accident or chance rather than design.

Examples

We fortuitously arrived at the station just as the train was pulling in.

The lost key was fortuitously discovered under the rug by the cleaning crew.

He fortuitously met his future business partner while waiting in line for coffee.

Synonyms

luckily happily accidentally serendipitously coincidentally providentially unexpectedly

Antonyms

unluckily unhappily deliberately intentionally purposely adversely unfavorably