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happenstantially

happenstantially adverb: by happenstance; occurring due to random chance.

Adverb

happenstantially (not comparable)

  1. (rare) By happenstance; occurring due to random chance.
    • The work force norm imposed on adults the need to join in a common effort aimed at survival, which was a condition qualitatively different from a group of coresident individuals having similar or identical occupations happenstantially.1975 January, Andrejs Plakans, "Peasant Farmsteads and Households in the Baltic Littoral, 1797", in Raymond Grew et al (eds.), Comparative Studies in Society and History: An International Quarterly...

Origin of happenstantially

Blend of happenstance + circumstantially. Equivalent to happenstantial + -ly.

Questions about happenstantially

What does happenstantially mean?
Happenstantially means by happenstance; occurring due to random chance.
What part of speech is happenstantially?
Happenstantially is an adverb.

Words near happenstantially in the dictionary

  1. happens on
  2. happens upon
  3. happenstance
  4. happenstances
  5. happenstantial
  6. happenstantially
  7. Happes
  8. happi
  9. happie
  10. happied
  11. happier

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