Happily: alternatives and connections

Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event;…

Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental…

In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.

That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.

To come or chance (upon).

Accident; chance; adventure.

A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fif…

To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.

By chance; by accident.

A possibility; a likelihood; an opportunity; -- with reference to a doubtful result; as, a chance to escape; a chance for life; the ch…

Words that are commonly used together.

An event which may or may not occur; that which is possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance.

Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous concourse of atoms.

A game of chance played with dice.

expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"; "She laid her job on t…

To come by chance; to happen; -- with on or upon; formerly with into.

has a good chance of being the case or of coming about; "these services are likely to be available to us all before long"; "she is lik…

(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with ‘a’) at least some; "little rain fell…