
adv.
- As a minor or subordinate matter: by profession a lawyer and incidentally a musician.
- (also -dĕnt'lē) Apart from the main subject; parenthetically.
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American Heritage Dictionary:
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Fowler's Modern English Usage:
incidentally |
Incidentally, thanks to Tommy Hands, I nearly became a landlord myself—A. J. P. Taylor, 1983
Words commonly used in the Dales just two generations ago were now a mystery to many young people. Attercop, which, incidentally, translates as 'spider', and blashy, which means 'wet weather', have evidently long gone—Independent, 2007.
| incident, incidental adjectives., inchoate, inasmuch as | |
| incise, incline, inclose |
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Happiness, in this world, if it comes at all, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us on a wild-goose chase, and it is never attained.
— Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), American novelist & short story writer.
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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - for resten, i øvrigt, tilfældigvis, lejlighedsvis
Nederlands (Dutch)
overigens, terloops
Français (French)
adv. - à propos, par la même occasion
Deutsch (German)
adv. - nebenbei, übrigens
Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - παρεμπιπτόντως
Italiano (Italian)
incidentalmente
Português (Portuguese)
adv. - incidentemente
Русский (Russian)
случайно, между прочим
Español (Spanish)
adv. - a propósito, dicho sea de paso, incidentalmente, accidentalmente, por incidencia
Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - tillfälligtvis, i förbigående, (helt) apropå, för övrigt, förresten
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
附带地, 不经意地, 偶然地, 顺便提一句
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 附帶地, 不經意地, 偶然地, 順便提一句
한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 부수적으로, 말이 난 김에, 우연히
日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - ついでながら, 偶発的に, 偶然に, 付随的に
العربيه (Arabic)
(ظرف) بشكل عارض أو طارئ
עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - אגב, בדרך אגב, כהערת אגב
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