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accidently

adv

Etymology

From Middle English accidently, accidentli (“by chance; temporarily; artificially”), equivalent to accident + -ly.

  1. inherited from accidently

Definitions

  1. Accidentally

    Accidentally; by chance, unintentionally.

    • [T]he exceptions remind me of an ingenious conjecture respecting Newton: that he was probably a being of a superior order, accidently caged in a human body.
    • As I arrived at the foot of the hill I overtook two ladies, whom I passed. As I did so, I brushed one of them accidently on the arm.

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