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accidentally adverb unintentionally, casually, unexpectedly, incidentally, by accident, by chance, inadvertently, unwittingly, randomly, unconsciously, by mistake, haphazardly, fortuitously, adventitiously The door cannot be opened accidentally. deliberately, consciously, on purpose, wilfully, by design, designedly Translations accidentally [ˌæksɪˈdentəlɪ] ADV 2. (= unintentionally) → sin querer, involuntariamente he was accidentally killed → fue muerto por accidente the liquids were accidentally mixed → los líquidos se mezclaron por descuido accidentally on purpose → sin querer y no tan sin querer accidentally [ˌæksɪˈdɛntəli] adv (= by accident) → accidentellement (= by chance) [meet, discover] → accidentellement, par hasard accident and emergency accident and emergency department (British) n → service m des urgences, urgences fpl accident blackspot [ˈblækspɒt] n → point m noir accident insurance n → assurance f accidents accident prone accident-prone [ˈæksɪdəntprəʊn] adj → sujet(te) aux accidents He's very accident-prone BUT Il lui arrive toujours des malheurs. accidentally adv (= by chance) → zufällig; (= unintentionally) → versehentlich; accidentally on purpose (hum) → versehentlich-absichtlich (hum) accidentally [ˌæksɪˈdɛntəlɪ] adv (by chance) → per caso; (unintentionally) → senza volere, inavvertitamente accidentally on purpose (fam) → di proposito, ma senza darlo a vedere How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| One evening, as he wandered through the suburbs with his whole attention fixed on the sky, he fell accidentally into a deep well. "I have not," replied the Retraction; "we have accidentally met. But (they say) a certain Cephalus, the son of Deion, an Athenian, who owned a hound which no beast ever escaped, had accidentally killed his wife Procris, and being purified of the homicide by the Cadmeans, hunted the fox with his hound, and when they had overtaken it both hound and fox were turned into stones near Teumessus. |
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