Incidental \In`ci*den"tal\, a.
Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming
without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime
concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental
conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses.
[1913 Webster]
By some, religious duties . . . appear to be regarded .
. . as an incidental business. --Rogers.
Syn: Accidental; casual; fortuitous; contingent; chance;
collateral. See Accidental. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
incidentally
adv 1: introducing a different topic; "by the way, I won't go to
the party" [syn: by the way, by the bye]
2: in an incidental manner; "these magnificent achievements
were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models"
[syn: accidentally, by chance]
3: by the way; "apropos, can you lend me some money for the
weekend?" [syn: apropos]
WordNet (r) 2.0
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "incidentally":
a propos, accidentally, apropos, apropos of, as it chanced,
by a fluke, by accident, by chance, by good fortune, by hazard,
by the by, by the way, casually, en passant, for example,
for some reason, fortuitously, in passing, in some way,
par exemple, parenthetically, perchance, somehow, somehow or other,
speaking of, unpredictably
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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