accidentally
AdverbUS[ak-suh-den-tuh-lee]/ˌæksəˈdɛntəli/5 syllablesalso [ak-suh-den-uh-lee] /ˌæksəˈdɛnəli/
Open English WordNet
Adverb (3)
- without advance planning“they met accidentally”Synonyms: by chancecircumstantiallyunexpectedly
- of a minor or subordinate nature“these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models”Synonyms: incidentallyFrom incident
- without intention; in an unintentional manner“she hit him unintentionally”Synonyms: unintentionallyOpposite advisedlyFrom unintentional
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Translations
Adverb by accident, unintentionally
- Spanish
- accidentalmente
- French
- accidentellement
- German
- versehentlich
- Italian
- accidentalmente
- Portuguese
- acidentalmente
- Turkish
- yanlışlıkla
- Russian
- случа́йно slučájno
- Chinese
- 不小心 bù xiǎoxīn
- Japanese
- 偶然 gūzen
- Dutch
- toevallig
11 more languages
- Polish
- przypadkowo
- Portuguese (PT)
- acidentalmente
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 偶然 ǒurán
- Catalan
- accidentalment
- Czech
- náhodou
- Esperanto
- akcidente
- Finnish
- sattumalta
- Hebrew
- במקרה b'miqré
- Icelandic
- óvart
- Romanian
- accidental
- Serbo-Croatian
- slučajno
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ac′ci·den′tal·ly (…), adverb
In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54