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Vinony

incidentally

adverb

  1. as a side-effect
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntl̩i/ / /ˌɪnsəˈdɛn(t)l̩i/

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English incidental Middle English -ly English -ly English incidentally From incidental + -ly.

  1. In an incidental manner.

    “Near-synonyms: coincidentally, happenstantially, circumstantially, by chance, accidentally, semirandomly, randomly”

  2. In an incidental manner.

    “Near-synonym: in passing”

    “The book discussed the subject, but only incidentally.”

  3. In an incidental manner.

    “Incidentally, did you hear anything new from your brother yesterday?”