incidentally
/ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntl̩i/US/ˌɪnsəˈdɛn(t)l̩i/
incidentally adverb: by happenstance; in a particular case which has little to no bearing on, and little to no causal relation to, any other case.
Adverb
incidentally (comparative more incidentally, superlative most incidentally)
- By happenstance; in a particular case which has little to no bearing on, and little to no causal relation to, any other case.
- Near-synonyms: coincidentally, happenstantially, circumstantially, by chance, accidentally, semirandomly, randomly
- Synonyms:
- coincidentally, happenstantially, circumstantially, by chance, accidentally, semirandomly, randomly
- Antonyms:
- inevitably, certainly, systemically, systematically, essentially
- Not of central or critical importance.
- Near-synonym: in passing
- The book discussed the subject, but only incidentally.
- Synonyms:
- in passing
- Parenthetically, by the way.
- Incidentally, did you hear anything new from your brother yesterday?
incidentally meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
incidentally in Hindi
- संयोग से, संयोगवश
incidentally in Marathi
- प्रसंगोपात, संयोगाने
incidentally in Urdu
- incidentally, accidentally, coincidentally, by chance
- اتفاقا ittifāqan
incidentally in Bengali
- ঘটনাচক্রে, ঘটনাক্রমে, কাকতালীয়ভাবে
More languagesFewer languages
- incidentally in Telugu
- యాదృచ్ఛికంగా
- incidentally in Malayalam
- സാന്ദർഭികമായി, സംഭവഗത്യാ, ഇടയ്ക്കായി, ആനുഷംഗികമായി
- incidentally in Kannada
- ಗೌಣವಾಗಿ, ಅಮುಖ್ಯವಾಗಿ, ಪ್ರಾಸಂಗಿಕವಾಗಿ, ಅನುಗತವಾಗಿ
- incidentally in Punjabi
- ਇਤਫਾਕਨ
- incidentally in Gujarati
- સંયોગથી, સંયોગવશ
- incidentally in Nepali
- संयोगवश, संयोगतः
- incidentally in Arabic
- صُدْفَةً ṣudfatan, عَلَى فِكْرَة ʕalā fikra
- incidentally in Vietnamese
- à này
Examples of incidentally in a sentence
- Nor, will the tragic dramatist who would depict mortal indomitableness in its fullest sweep and direct swing, ever forget a hint, incidentally so important in his art, as the one now alluded to.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard...
- Not everybody welcomes standardisation as a principle, because it reduces variety (and, incidentally, tends to dispose of the quainter and more picturesque anomalies).1951 April, D. S. Barrie, “British Railways: A Survey, 1948-1950”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 225:
Synonyms of incidentally
- coincidentally
- happenstantially
- circumstantially
- by chance
- accidentally
- semirandomly
- randomly
- in passing
Antonyms
Forms of incidentally
| comparative | more incidentally |
|---|---|
| superlative | most incidentally |
Origin of incidentally
From incidental + -ly.
Questions about incidentally
- What does incidentally mean?
- Incidentally means by happenstance; in a particular case which has little to no bearing on, and little to no causal relation to, any other case.
- What is incidentally in Hindi?
- Incidentally in Hindi is संयोग से, संयोगवश. See Incidentally meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use incidentally in a sentence?
- Nor, will the tragic dramatist who would depict mortal indomitableness in its fullest sweep and direct swing, ever forget a hint, incidentally so important in his art, as the one now alluded to.
- What part of speech is incidentally?
- Incidentally is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce incidentally?
- Incidentally is pronounced /ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntl̩i/ (UK).
Words near incidentally in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: incidentally (page history and authors); incidentally (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); incidentally (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); اتفاقا (Urdu) (page history and authors); incidentally (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); incidentally (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); incidentally (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); incidentally (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incidentally (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); incidentally (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); incidentally (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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