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ac·ci·den·tal

 (ăk′sĭ-dĕn′tl)

adj.

1. Occurring unexpectedly, unintentionally, or by chance.

2. Music Of or relating to an accidental.

3. Being an animal, especially a bird, that has strayed beyond its normal range.

n.

1. A property, factor, or attribute that is not essential.

2. Music

a. Any of various signs that indicate the alteration of a note by one or two semitones or the cancellation of a previous sign.

b. A note that has been marked with such a sign.

3. An animal that has strayed beyond its normal range.

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ac′ci·den′tal·ly, ac′ci·dent′ly adv.

Synonyms: accidental, fortuitous, contingent, incidental
These adjectives apply to what happens unintentionally. Accidental primarily refers to what occurs by chance: an accidental meeting.
It can also mean subordinate or nonessential: "Poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form" (Frederick W. Robertson).
Fortuitous stresses chance even more strongly: "the happy combination of fortuitous circumstances" (Sir Walter Scott).
Contingent describes what is possible but uncertain because of unforeseen or uncontrollable factors: "The results of confession were not contingent, they were certain" (George Eliot).
Incidental refers to a minor or unanticipated result or accompaniment: "There is scarcely any practice which is so corrupt as not to produce some incidental good" (Enoch Mellor).

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Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	accidentally - without advance planning; "they met accidentally" unexpectedly, by chance, circumstantially advisedly, by choice, by design, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, on purpose, purposely - with intention; in an intentional manner; "he used that word intentionally"; "I did this by choice"
	2.	accidentally - of a minor or subordinate nature; "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models" incidentally
	3.	accidentally - without intention; in an unintentional manner; "she hit him unintentionally" unintentionally advisedly, by choice, by design, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, on purpose, purposely - with intention; in an intentional manner; "he used that word intentionally"; "I did this by choice"

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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

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Translations

بالصُدْفَةعَرَضَاً، صُدْفَة

náhodně

ved et tilfælde

versehentlichzufällig

τυχαία

accidentalmentepor casualidadsin querer

vahingossaepähuomiossasattumalta

accidentellementfortuitementpar hasard

במקרהלא בכוונה

slučajno

af slysni, fyrir tilviljun

accidentalmentecasualmenteinavvertitamenteper disgrazia

偶然に

우연히

toevallig

ved et uhelltilfeldigvisved et tilfelle

przypadkowo

acidentalmente

случайно

nehote

av en händelse

โดยบังเอิญ

kazaratesadüfen

một cách tình cờ

偶然地意外地

accidentally

[ˌæksɪˈdentəlɪ] ADV

1. (= by chance) → por casualidad
we met quite accidentally → nos encontramos por pura casualidad

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

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accidentally

[ˌæksɪˈdɛnt^əli] adv

(= by accident) → accidentellement

(= by chance) [meet, discover] → accidentellement, par hasardaccident and emergency accident and emergency department (British) n → service m des urgences, urgences fplaccident blackspot [ˈblækspɒt] n → point m noiraccident insurance n → assurance f accidentsaccident prone accident-prone [ˈæksɪdəntprəʊn] adj → sujet(te) aux accidents
He's very accident-prone
BUT Il lui arrive toujours des malheurs.

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accidentally

adv (= by chance) → zufällig; (= unintentionally) → versehentlich; accidentally on purpose (hum) → versehentlich-absichtlich (hum)

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accidentally

[ˌæksɪˈdɛntəlɪ] adv (by chance) → per caso; (unintentionally) → senza volere, inavvertitamente
accidentally on purpose (fam) → di proposito, ma senza darlo a vedere

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accident

(ˈӕksidənt) noun

1. an unexpected happening, often harmful, causing injury etc. There has been a road accident. ongeluk حَادِث нещастен случай acidente nehoda der Unfall ulykke; uheld ατύχημα, δυστύχημαaccidente õnnetus سانحه onnettomuus accidentתאונה दुर्घटना nesreća baleset kecelakaan slys incidente 事故 (불의의) 사고 nelaimingas atsitikimas, avarija nelaimes gadījums kemalangan ongelukuhell, ulykke wypadek ناڅاپي. acidente accident несчастный случай nehoda nezgoda nesreća olycka อุบัติเหตุ kaza 事故 нещасливий випадок; аварія حادثہ tai nạn 意外事件

2. chance. I met her by accident. ongeluk صُدْفَه случайност acaso náhoda der Zufall tilfælde; tilfældighed τυχαίο συμβάν casualidad juhus بر حسب ) اتفاق ) sattuma hasardבמקרה, בטעות, בלי כונה, בלי כוונה slučajnost véletlen kebetulan tilviljun caso 偶然 우연한 사건 atsitiktinumas gadījums; nejaušība kebetulan toevaltilfelleprzypadek يووالي acaso (din) întâm­plare случай náhoda po naključju slučajnost slump, tillfällighet เหตุบังเอิญ tesadüf 偶然 випадок; несподіванка اتفاق sự tình cờ 偶然

ˌacciˈdental (-ˈden-) adjective

happening by chance or accident. an accidental discovery. toevallig عَرَضِي، بِالصُّدْفَه случаен fortuito náhodný zufällig tilfældig τυχαίοςaccidental, fortuito juhuslik شانسی؛ اتفاقی satunnainen accidentelמקרי, עקב תאונה आकस्मिक slučajan véletlen secara kebetulan tilviljunarkenndur accidentale, fortuito 偶然の 우연한 atsitiktinis nejaušs; gadījuma- tidak sengaja toevalligtilfeldigprzypadkowy تصادفی غیرمرقب fortuito întâmplător, accidental случайный náhodný naključen slučajan slumpartad, oavsiktlig โดยบังเอิญ tesadüfi 偶然的 випадковий, несподіваний حادثاتی tình cờ 偶然的

ˌacciˈdentally (-ˈden-) adverb

toevallig عَرَضَاً، صُدْفَة случайно acidentalmente náhodně zufällig tilfældigt τυχαίαpor casualidad; por descuido juhuslikult تصادفاً satunnaisesti par hasardבמקרה, שלא במתכוון, בטעות संयोगवश slučajno véletlenül secara kebetulan af slysni, fyrir tilviljun per caso 偶然に 우연히 atsitiktinai nejauši dengan tidak sengaja toevallig ved et tilfelle/uhell, tilfeldigvisprzypadkowo ناژچاپه acidentalmente din întâm­plare, întâmplător, accidental случайно náhodne po naključju slučajno av en händelse, oavsiktligt โดยบังเอิญ tesadüfen 意外地 випадково, несподівано حادثاتی طور پر ngẫu nhiên 意外地

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accidentally

→ بالصُدْفَة náhodně ved et tilfælde versehentlich τυχαία accidentalmente vahingossa accidentellement slučajno accidentalmente 偶然に 우연히 toevallig ved et uhell przypadkowo acidentalmente случайно av en händelse โดยบังเอิญ kazara một cách tình cờ 偶然地

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