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adjective

Occurring unexpectedly: casual, chance, contingent, fluky, fortuitous, inadvertent, odd. See surprise/expect.

adj

Definition: happening unexpectedly
Antonyms: decided, designed, essential, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated

A sign placed (in modern practice) before a note to alter its previously understood pitch by one or two semitones. The sharp (#) raises a note by one semitone, the double sharp (&dsharp;) by two; the flat (♭) lowers a note by one semitone, the double flat (♭♭) by two. The natural (♮) cancels a previous sharp or flat. In present-day notation an accidental holds good for the bar in which it appears, except in some highly chromatic music where an accidental applies only to the note to which it is prefixed (as in notation up to the 17th century).

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IN BRIEF: Happening by chance.

My discovery of this recipe was accidental.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tilfældig, utilsigtet, uventet
n. - uvæsentlig omstændighed

idioms:

• accidentally on purpose    tilfældigvis med vilje

Nederlands (Dutch)
per ongeluk, bij toeval, accident (muziek), bijzaak, vogel afgedwaald van gebruikelijk terrein

Français (French)
adj. - accidentel, fortuit, secondaire, accessoire, (Mus, Philos) accidentel
n. - (Mus) accident

idioms:

• accidentally on purpose    comme par hasard, exprès

Deutsch (German)
adj. - zufällig, versehentlich
n. - (mus.) Versetzungszeichen, Nebensache

idioms:

• accidentally on purpose    versehentlich mit Absicht

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - συμπτωματικός, απροσχεδίαστος, τυχαίος, (λογοτ.) επουσιώδης, παρεμπίπτων
n. - δευτερεύον στοιχείο, (μουσ.) σημείο αλλοιώσεως

idioms:

• accidentally on purpose    (αστεϊσμ.) επίτηδες κατά λάθος

Italiano (Italian)
accidentale, fortuito

idioms:

• accidentally on purpose    per un voluto caso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - acidental, casual, inesperado
n. - propriedade (f) ou acontecimento (m) acidental

idioms:

• accidentally on purpose    acidentalmente com intenção (Jur.)

Русский (Russian)
случайный, непреднамеренный

idioms:

• accidentally on purpose    якобы случайно

Español (Spanish)
adj. - accidental, casual, no intencionado
n. - accidente, casualidad

idioms:

• accidentally on purpose    accidentalmente a propósito

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - tillfällig, oavsiktlig
n. - bisak, förtecken (mus.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
偶然的, 非主要的, 意外的, 附属的, 次要方面, 非主要的特性, 临时符号

idioms:

• accidentally on purpose    故意的意外

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 偶然的, 非主要的, 意外的, 附屬的
n. - 次要方面, 非主要的特性, 臨時符號

idioms:

• accidentally on purpose    故意的意外

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 우연의, 우유적인
n. - 우발적인 사물, 임시기호

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 偶然の, 不測の, 非本質的な
n. - 偶有的な性質, 臨時記号

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) عرضي, غير جوهري (الاسم) عرض, صفه غير جوهريه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מקרי, לא צפוי, אגבי‬
n. - ‮סימן להורדת או העלאת הצליל (מוסיקה), דבר לא חיוני לתפיסה מסוימת, ציפור נודדת שסטתה ממסלולה‬

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