1
[ adverb ] without advance planning

Examples

"they met accidentally"

Used in print

(Christopher Davis, First Family....)

He had not even thought_about her much except once or twice at night in bed when his slowly ranging thoughts would abruptly , almost accidentally , encounter her .

2
[ adverb ] in an incidental manner

Examples

"these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models"

Related terms

incidental incidental

3
[ adverb ] without intention; in an unintentional manner

Synonyms

unintentionally

Examples

"she hit him unintentionally"

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