incidentally

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntəli/ UK /ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntəli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
by the way; as a minor or unconnected point

Incidentally, I ran into your brother at the station yesterday.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · by the way; as a minor or... parenthetically accidentally casuallyby-the-waysubordinately

Opposites

centrally essentially deliberately

Word family

Related forms incidental incident incidence

Etymology

From incidental (from Latin incidens 'falling upon, happening', present participle of incidere 'to fall upon', from in- + cadere 'to fall') + the adverbial suffix -ly.

incidere Latin cadere Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# incidentally

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntəli/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntəli/

## Meanings
1. by the way; as a minor or unconnected point

## Examples
- Incidentally, I ran into your brother at the station yesterday.

## Synonyms
- parenthetically
- accidentally
- casually
- by-the-way
- subordinately

## Antonyms
- centrally
- essentially
- deliberately

## Related Forms
- incidental
- incident
- incidence

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: incidere
- Root: cadere

## Etymology
From incidental (from Latin incidens 'falling upon, happening', present participle of incidere 'to fall upon', from in- + cadere 'to fall') + the adverbial suffix -ly.

## AI Etymology
Incidentally comes from incidental (from Latin incidens 'falling upon, happening', present participle of incidere 'to fall upon', from in- + cadere 'to fall') + the adverbial suffix -ly. The etymological trail includes Latin incidere and Latin cadere. As an adverb, incidentally means by the way; as a minor or unconnected point. The same family is visible in related forms such as incidental, incident, and incidence. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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