fortuitous
adjective/fɔrˈtuɪtəs/
Frequency rank: #17,419 most common English word
Meaning
happening by chance, especially in a lucky or convenient way
Example sentence
Their meeting at the airport was completely fortuitous, since neither had planned to be there at the same time.
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