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Adverb: accidentally  `ak-si'den-tl-lee
  1. Without advance planning
    "they met accidentally"
    - by chance, circumstantially, unexpectedly
     
  2. Of a minor or subordinate nature
    "these magnificent achievements were only accidentally influenced by Oriental models"
    - incidentally
     
  3. Without intention; in an unintentional manner
    "she hit him accidentally"
    - unintentionally

See also: accidental

Antonym: deliberately

Encyclopedia: Accidentally