coincidentally

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English incident Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English incidental English coincidental Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English coincidentally From coincidental + -ly.

1. In a coincidental manner.

   “Near-synonyms: incidentally, happenstantially, circumstantially”

   “Perfect for The Railway Children, which coincidentally was first serialised in 1905 in The London Magazine, being subsequently published in book form (1906).”