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incidentally

[ in-si-den-tl-ee -dent-lee ]

adverb

  1. apart or aside from the main subject of attention, discussion, etc.; by the way; parenthetically:

    Incidentally, while you were waiting for the officer to run your registration through the system, did you notice if the post office was open?

  2. in the course of something else, and not intentionally:

    The bone fractures were discovered only incidentally, during an unrelated CT scan of her chest.



incidentally

/ ˌɪԲɪˈɛԳəɪ /

adverb

  1. as a subordinate or chance occurrence
  2. sentence modifier by the way
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of incidentally1

First recorded in 1655–65; incidental + -ly
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The seasonal arc might be described as “cumulative episodic,” in which discrete stories incidentally detail the assembly of a slate of pictures.

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The police, incidentally, will forever defend the decision to deploy that famous tent.

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Colorado’s attorneys urged the court to affirm the view that “the 1st Amendment allows states to reasonably regulate professional conduct to protect patients from substandard treatment, even when that regulation incidentally burdens speech.”

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The health industry, in this telling, is willing literally — rather than just incidentally — to kill to keep people sick.

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Reform UK's new Treasurer is Nick Candy, a billionaire property developer who used to donate to the Conservatives and who, incidentally, is married to the former pop star Holly Valance.

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