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Synonyms for accidentally
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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  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. Haley Coles:

    A deadly dose of Fentanyl is not very much at all, it's a couple of granules…and because it's showing up in drugs and people don't know it, because it's not regulated in any capacity, and because it's so strong and potent it is accidentally being mixed into drugs, or it's really easy to accidentally put too much in a drug.

  2. Scott C. Holstad:

    when you despise yourself and everyone else in the world, you just give up, say fuck it, and pray the fuckers will accidentally press the big bomb buttons

  3. Warren Zevon:

    We made mad love Shadow love Random love And abandoned love Accidentally like a martyr The hurt gets worse and the heart gets harder

  4. Kent Yalowitz:

    Arafat didn't accidentally approve money for terrorists.

  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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