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[ adverb ] by accident

Synonyms

by_chance haply

Examples

"betrayed by a word haply overheard"

Used in print

(W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)

She 'd found it by_luck most likely but she had n't said anything and we did n't know how long_ago it 'd been or how many other ones she 'd found , saying nothing .

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