What is another word for accidentally?
Synonyms for accidentally
ac·ci·den·tal·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
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, minutelyAntonyms:
by design, on purpose, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, advisedly, purposely, by choiceincidentally, 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, unexpectedlyAntonyms:
designedly, by design, purposely, on purpose, by choice, deliberately, advisedly, intentionallyunintentionally, accidentallyadverb
without intention; in an unintentional manner
"she hit him unintentionally"
Synonyms:
by chance, unexpectedly, circumstantially, incidentally, unintentionallyAntonyms:
advisedly, by choice, by design, purposely, designedly, on purpose, intentionally, deliberately
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
accidentallyadverb
Synonyms:
unintentionally, casually, fortuitouslyAntonyms:
intentionally, advisedly, deliberately
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "accidentally":
inadvertently, accidently, unintentionally, incidentally, mistakenly
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#14906 | accidentally | |
#21166 | incidentally | |
#21349 | unexpectedly | |
#25274 | inadvertently | |
#30257 | mistakenly | |
#40861 | unintentionally | |
#40993 | apropos | |
#52974 | accidently | |
#56002 | perchance | |
#91760 | haply | |
#97321 | minutely | |
#324324 | circumstantially |
How to use accidentally in a sentence?
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.
Arafat didn't accidentally approve money for terrorists.
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.
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.
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.
Translations for accidentally
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- بطريق الخطأArabic
- accidentalmentCatalan, Valencian
- versehentlichGerman
- akcidenteEsperanto
- accidentalmenteSpanish
- به طور تصادفیPersian
- sattumalta, epähuomiossa, vahingossaFinnish
- accidentellementFrench
- לא בכוונה, במקרהHebrew
- accidentalmenteInterlingua
- [[tanpa]] [[sadar, [[secara]] [[tak]] [[sengaja]], [[secara]] [[kebetulan]]Indonesian
- casualmente, accidentalmenteItalian
- בטעותHebrew
- 無意識的, 誤って, 偶然Japanese
- 우연히도Korean
- toevalligDutch
- przypadkowoPolish
- acidentalmentePortuguese
- ненамеренно, случайноRussian
- oavsiktligenSwedish
- పొరపాటునTelugu
- ngẫu nhiênVietnamese
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