serendipitously

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adverb

By serendipity; by blind luck in combination with wisdom; by fortunate accident.

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Meanings

adverbserendipitously (comparative more serendipitously, superlative most serendipitously)

comparative more serendipitously · superlative most serendipitously

  1. By serendipity; by blind luck in combination with wisdom; by fortunate accident.

    And then unexpectedly, and serendipitously, Mr. Trump won the White House. Ending legal abortion appeared within their reach.

    2019 December 1, Elizabeth Dias, Lisa Lerer, The New York Times
    1 more example

    And that was a few years before the serendipitously named American politician Anthony Weiner reminded us once again that a high-powered job is no guarantee of knowing what to do with your penis, through his "sexting" use of Twitter (Snapchat hadn't been invented yet.)

    2013 September 20, Holly Baxter, The Guardian

Origin

Translations

French sérendipiteusement
  • sérendipiteusementby serendipity
Italian serendipitosamente
  • serendipitosamenteby serendipity
Polish szczęśliwym trafem, szczęśliwie
  • szczęśliwym trafemby serendipity
  • szczęśliwieby serendipity
Spanish serendípicamente
  • serendípicamenteby serendipity
Cite this entry
APA

serendipitously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serendipitously

MLA

“serendipitously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serendipitously. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “serendipitously,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serendipitously.

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