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   Ser·en·dip·i·tous

   /ˌserənˈdipədəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way: "a serendipitous encounter"

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   • 1. serendipitously adverb

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   Serendipitous definition: come upon or found by accident; fortuitous. See examples of SERENDIPITOUS used in a sentence.

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   What does serendipitous mean?

   • And, in a serendipitous way, Hollywood is according some newfound respect to the Man From Plains. Albania will rebuild its future on the back of the serendipitous refugees of Kosovo. Serendipitous definition: come upon or found by accident; fortuitous. See examples of SERENDIPITOUS used in a sentence.

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   When was serendipitous first used?

   • The earliest known use of the adjective serendipitous is in the 1950s. OED's earliest evidence for serendipitous is from 1958, in Times Literary Supplement. serendipitous is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: serendipity n., ‑ous suffix.

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   What is Serendipity?

   • Definition of serendipity noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary the fact of something interesting or pleasant happening by chance Meeting her like that, and there of all places, was true serendipity! The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.

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   Is Serendipity a noun or adverb?

   • Serendipity is a noun, coined in the middle of the 18th century by author Horace Walpole (he took it from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip ). The adjective form is serendipitous, and the adverb is serendipitously.

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   The meaning of SERENDIPITY is the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for; also : an instance of this. ... serendipitous ...

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   The earliest known use of the adjective serendipitous is in the 1950s. OED's earliest evidence for serendipitous is from 1958, in Times Literary Supplement. serendipitous is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: serendipity n., ‑ous suffix.

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   Define serendipitous. serendipitous synonyms, serendipitous pronunciation, serendipitous translation, English dictionary definition of serendipitous. n. pl. ser·en·dip·i·ties 1.

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   That said, your story is a special and serendipitous one. If the basket was serendipitous, the Bulldogs were due for something good to happen. But some findings—perhaps the most wondrous of all—are serendipitous, a matter of just happening to be in the right place at the right time.

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   Definition of serendipity noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.