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accidentally-on-purpose

accidentally-on-purpose is the alternative form of accidentally on purpose.

Meaning of accidentally on purpose

Adverb

accidentally on purpose (not comparable)

  1. Deliberately, though apparently accidentally.
    • However, having accidentally-on-purpose got hold of a piece of the fish, down it went; and, apparently thinking that under the circumstances he might do worse, he set to work with no ill-will or appetite, and soon got through a good part of a haddock.1860, Cornwall Simeon, Stray Notes on Fishing and Natural History, page 159

Questions about accidentally-on-purpose

What is accidentally-on-purpose the alternative form of?
Accidentally-on-purpose is the alternative form of accidentally on purpose.

Words near accidentally-on-purpose in the dictionary

  1. accidentalist
  2. accidentalists
  3. accidentality
  4. accidentally
  5. accidentally on purpose
  6. accidentally-on-purpose
  7. accidentalness
  8. accidentals
  9. accidentaly
  10. accidentary
  11. accidented

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