Welcome to another exciting episode of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! The autumn leaves are beginning to fall, but that doesn't mean that it's a good time to fall behind in your intellectual regimen. Keep those neurons humming with a little mental exercise! Here's the Word of the Week to get you started:Fortuitous:
1. occurring by chance
— for·tu·itous·ly adverb
— for·tu·itous·ness noun
fortuitous -- http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fortuitous?show=0&t=1284689096 -- 9/16/2010
Example: It was fortuitous for John that he chose that exact moment to stop and tie his shoe, since the driver of the truck ran the red light and consequently missed him by a matter of inches.
fortuitous -- http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fortuitous?show=0&t=1284689096 -- 9/16/2010
Example: It was fortuitous for John that he chose that exact moment to stop and tie his shoe, since the driver of the truck ran the red light and consequently missed him by a matter of inches.
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