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ac·ci·den·tal·ly

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  1. by chance, accidentally, circumstantially, unexpectedlyadverb

    without advance planning

    "they met accidentally"

    Synonyms:
    by luck, incidentally, unintentionally, circumstantially, perchance, by chance, unexpectedly, out of the blue, haply, minutely

    Antonyms:
    by design, on purpose, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, advisedly, purposely, by choice

  2. incidentally, accidentallyadverb

    of a minor or subordinate nature

    "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models"

    Synonyms:
    incidentally, unintentionally, by the bye, by chance, circumstantially, apropos, by the way, unexpectedly

    Antonyms:
    designedly, by design, purposely, on purpose, by choice, deliberately, advisedly, intentionally

  3. unintentionally, accidentallyadverb

    without intention; in an unintentional manner

    "she hit him unintentionally"

    Synonyms:
    by chance, unexpectedly, circumstantially, incidentally, unintentionally

    Antonyms:
    advisedly, by choice, by design, purposely, designedly, on purpose, intentionally, deliberately

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  1. accidentallyadverb

    Synonyms:
    unintentionally, casually, fortuitously

    Antonyms:
    intentionally, advisedly, deliberately

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  1. List of paraphrases for "accidentally":

    inadvertently, accidently, unintentionally, incidentally, mistakenly

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#14906accidentally
#21166incidentally
#21349unexpectedly
#25274inadvertently
#30257mistakenly
#40861unintentionally
#40993apropos
#52974accidently
#56002perchance
#91760haply
#97321minutely
#324324circumstantially

How to use accidentally in a sentence?

  1. Scott Sicherer:

    It's what a lot of families call trying to be' bite safe.' it's not that you're curing the allergy ; it's not that you're going to be able to eat peanut butter sandwiches, it's really just to have a better threshold so that if you accidentally ate something that had a little bit of peanut in it, maybe you wouldn't have a reaction or the reaction wouldn't be so bad.

  2. Kent Yalowitz:

    Arafat didn't accidentally approve money for terrorists.

  3. Vladimir Putin:

    The Russian people will always be able to distinguish true patriots from scum and traitors and will simply spit them out like a gnat that accidentally flew into their mouths — spit them out on the pavement, i am convinced that such a natural and necessary self-purification of society will only strengthen our country, our solidarity, cohesion and readiness to respond to any challenges.

  4. The Navy:

    The presumed culprits put up resistance and scuffled with Navy personnel, with the unfortunate result that a firearm accidentally discharged, wounding one person, this drew a larger group that attacked the Navy personnel, who withdrew to avoid a confrontation.

  5. Sonny Borrelli:

    That person that was there that was accidentally killed was a qualified individual, i'd like to see the industry come together and come up with their set of standards because they actually know the industry better than a lot of these legislators around here.


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