Fortunate
Fortunate adjective - Coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly.
Proper and fortunate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proper" instead an adjective "Fortunate".
Nearby Words: fortune, fortunately
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Her complete name is Beatriz Bonilla daCosta (née Carvalho), of which only Carvalho and Beatriz are proper Brazilian names (Beatriz is also a proper Spanish name, so it was probably a fortunate coincidence), "da Costa" (not "daCosta") being a kinda common surname.
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Proper and Fortunate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fortunate/proper
Fortunate & Proper. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fortunate/proper>.
Proper or Fortunate. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fortunate/proper.
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