unfortuitously

[Joel S. Berson]

At 4/21/2006 08:49 PM, you wrote:
>How would you define it?  "Not by chance" or "by design"...?

"not by accident", "not casually", "by intention".


>IMO, it's bad enough having "fortuitous" popping up here & there for people
>to stumble over; when you get to "unfortuitously".....oof!
>AM

But I want to distinguish "by chance" from "luckily, successfully"!

Joel

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