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accidentally
[ak-si-den-tl-ee]
adverb
by chance or mistake; in a way that is not planned or intended.
If you break your key, whether accidentally or on purpose, there is a $40 charge to replace it.
in a nonessential or subsidiary way; incidentally.
Philosophy is essentially a vocation, and only accidentally a profession.
Other Word Forms
- nonaccidentally adverb
- preaccidentally adverb
- pseudoaccidentally adverb
- quasi-accidentally adverb
- unaccidentally adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of accidentally1
Example Sentences
The fatal stabbing took place at Primrose Hill on 31 December 2023 after Harry accidentally bumped into another boy while "play-fighting" and practising high kicks, the jury was told.
In Venice, Meals was equally moved when he accidentally came upon an obelisk marking the spot where, in April 1942, more than a thousand Japanese Americans boarded buses for Manzanar.
During the operation, officials also accidentally killed a fifth wolf — a juvenile male that was mistaken for the breeding male due to its similar color and size.
"We went into this study thinking, well, the one thing we know for sure is that there's no regulatory structure in mitosis, and then we accidentally found structure in mitosis," Hansen says.
Police in the northern city of Osan said the woman could be charged with accidentally starting a fire and causing death by negligence.
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When To Use
The word accidentally is hard to spell because it can be hard to remember which letters are doubled and which are not. To add to the confusion, there are two possible spellings of accidentally. While less common, accidently is also an acceptable spelling of the word.How to spell accidentally: It's no accident that many animals have two eyes to see (C) And two ears to Listen (L). This reminds you that the letters c and l are doubled in accidentally, with an a in between.
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