Meanings
comparative more serendipitously · superlative most serendipitously
- 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 Times1 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
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