happening unexpectedly
accidental, unforeseeable
Cases of word usage
1) happening by chance (casual)
2) intentional and not by chance (deliberate)
3) happening by happy chance (fortuitous)
4) (an attempt or activity with) a risk of loss or a chance of profit; to play games to try to win money (gamble)
5) to put (a person, chance etc) in a dangerous position (jeopardize)
6) something that happens (good or bad) by chance (luck)
7) a favourable time or chance (opportunity)
8) to hear (a person, conversation etc) without the knowledge of the speaker(s), deliberately or by chance (overhear)
9) uncertain; unsafe; depending on chance (precarious)
10) to go about quietly looking for a chance to get food (as wild animals do) or to steal etc (prowl)