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adj. occurring by happy chance; "profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials"

adj. 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"

offhand, offhanded

adj. casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt"

casual, chance(a)

adj. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"

haphazard, hit-or-miss

adj. dependent upon or characterized by chance; "a haphazard plan of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss"

better-off, better off

adj. in a more fortunate condition: "she would have been better-off is she had stuck to her Bible."

felicitous, happy

adj. marked by good fortune; "a felicitous life"; "a happy outcome"

good, well(p)

adj. resulting favorably; "it's a good thing that I wasn't there"; "it is good that you stayed"; "it is well that no one saw you"; "all's well that ends well"

heaven-sent, providential, miraculous

adj. peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention; "a heaven-sent rain saved the crops"; "a providential recovery"

lucky

adj. occurring by chance; "a lucky escape"; "a lucky guess"

well-off

adj. fortunately situated; "doesn't know when he's well-off"

accidental, inadvertent

adj. happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally ; "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting"

unintentional, unplanned, unwitting

adj. not done with purpose or intent; "an unintended slight"; "an unintentional pun"; "the offense was unintentional"; "an unwitting mistake may be overlooked"

unlucky, luckless

adj. having or bringing misfortune; "Friday the 13th is an unlucky date"

intentional, knowing

adj. characterized by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time"

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