English Explanatory Dictionary

incidentally

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. In an incidental manner.
  2. By happenstance; in a particular case which has little to no bearing on, and little to no causal relation to, any other case.
  3. Not of central or critical importance.
  4. Parenthetically, by the way.

Pronunciation

/ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntl̩i/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-incidentally.wav /ˌɪnsəˈdɛn(t)l̩i/

Word forms

incidentally more incidentally most incidentally

Etymology

From incidental + -ly.

Synonyms

coincidentally happenstantially circumstantially by chance accidentally semirandomly randomly in passing

Antonyms

inevitably certainly systemically systematically essentially

Translations

Albanian: kalimthi Arabic: صُدْفَةً Armenian: իմիջիայլոց Belarusian: выпадко́ва Bulgarian: случа́йно Chinese Mandarin: 偶然 Finnish: sivuten Finnish: ohimennen Finnish: sattumoisin Finnish: sattumalta French: incidemment German: nebenbei German: zufällig German: zufälligerweise Hungarian: érintőleg Hungarian: érintőlegesen Hungarian: futólag Hungarian: mellékesen Hungarian: véletlenül Italian: incidentalmente Italian: casualmente Japanese: たまたま Japanese: 偶然 Korean: 우연히 Polish: przy okazji Portuguese: incidentalmente Portuguese: acidentalmente Portuguese: por acaso Romanian: apropo Russian: случа́йно Scottish Gaelic: eadar dà sgeul Spanish: incidentalmente Spanish: casualmente Swedish: apropå Swedish: i förbigående Turkish: sırası gelmişken Turkish: bu arada Turkish: bir ara Turkish: lâf arasında Ukrainian: випадко́во Dutch: toevalligerwijze
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