accidentally

ac-ci-den-tal-ly · adverb

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Definitions

adverb

  1. 1.

    In a way that is not planned or intended; by chance.

  2. 2.

    Without meaning to; inadvertently.

Related words

Antonyms: deliberately, intentionally, purposely
See also: accident, accidental, inadvertently, unintentionally
Synonyms: by chance, by mistake, inadvertently, unintentionally

Etymology

From accidental + -ly. "Accidental" is from Latin accidentalis ("happening by chance"), from accidens ("happening, befalling"), from accidere ("to happen"), from ad- ("to") + cadere ("to fall").