accidentally

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" Oh yes, he just accidentally killed someone in a bar fight.

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Quick take

without advance planning; "they met accidentally"

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The clearest senses and uses of accidentally gathered in one view.

adverb

without advance planning; "they met accidentally"

adverb

of a minor or subordinate nature; "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models"

adverb

without intention; in an unintentional manner; "she hit him unintentionally"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for accidentally.

adverb

without advance planning; "they met accidentally"

adverb

of a minor or subordinate nature; "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models"

adverb

without intention; in an unintentional manner; "she hit him unintentionally"

Example sentences

" Oh yes, he just accidentally killed someone in a bar fight.

Also: this isn't like that time a random Microsoft recruiter accidentally hit ESR and he wrote the "Your Worst Nightmare" post about it.

More importantly, even if you say that they can't be, developers will still do it, and will accidentally introduce incompatibilities.

I know you, the king, are not at fault, but some of these advisers of yours must have accidentally goofed up somewhere..."Whereas if Dell, the electric company, or the garage down the street screws up in your eyes?

I'd mumble to myself about moving-this-piece-over-here and-now-we're-going-to-get-this, and lo-and-behold, I accidentally solved it in constant memory space, in C - a language I didn't even claim to be particularly good at!

This would be a big deal if we were an ecommerce company... you'll notice that Amazon is fanatic about avoiding telecommuters; they don't want to accidentally get themselves in a position of effectively raising their prices by 8% on the entire state of Texas just to have one remote employee there.