fatefully
In destined manner
In a way that determines or reveals future outcomes, especially unfortunate ones.
Events unfold fatefully when they seem guided by destiny: The two would fatefully meet at a party that summer.
The word often carries ominous weight, suggesting consequences that cannot be undone: She fatefully ignored the warning signs.
Predetermined course of events
- preordainedDecided in advance
- foreordainedDecided in advance unavoidably
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- providenceDivine protective care
kismet · karma · ordained · predetermined · inevitability · lot · fortune · stars
Foretelling of future events
- omenProphetic indicator
- portentSign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- presageIndicate beforehand
augury · foreshadowing · premonition · sign · oracle · divination · foretelling · prediction
Fearful anticipation of harm
- portentousOminously significant
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- direExtremely serious or urgent
- grimHarsh and foreboding
sinister · dark · inauspicious · baleful · threatening · menacing · ill-starred · cursed
destiny
Predetermined course of events
- preordainedDecided in advance
- foreordainedDecided in advance unavoidably
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
providence · kismet · karma · ordained · predetermined · inevitability · lot · fortune · stars · decree
prophecy
Foretelling of future events
presage · augury · foreshadowing · premonition · sign · oracle · divination · foretelling · prediction · auspice
foreboding
Fearful anticipation of harm
- portentousOminously significant
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- direExtremely serious or urgent
grim · sinister · dark · inauspicious · baleful · threatening · menacing · ill-starred · cursed · unlucky
fatefullyinconsequentially
Without meaningful effect
insignificantly · trivially · unimportantly · negligibly · meaninglessly
fatefullyfortunately
By favorable circumstance
blessedly · luckily · auspiciously · providentially · happily
fatefullyaccidentally
Without intent or design
coincidentally · randomly · fortuitously · haphazardly · arbitrarily
- fateful decisionChoice with major consequences