accidentally on purpose

adv

Definitions

  1. Deliberately, though apparently accidentally.

    • What do you suppose she meant when she said, what had she done? Eh? Maybe it come to her then as she might have left them keys about, accidental on purpose.
    • When a buffalo charges at her husband, Margot, directly in back of him and standing up in Wilson's open car, fires toward the buffalo and kills Francis — whether accidentally, on purpose, or accidentally on purpose, H. leaves ambiguous.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for accidentally on purpose. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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