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单词 incidentally
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incidentallyadv.

Brit. /ˌɪnsᵻˈdɛntl̩i/, /ˌɪnsᵻˈdɛntli/, U.S. /ˌɪnsəˈdɛn(t)l̩i/, /ˌɪnsəˈdɛn(t)li/
Etymology: < incidental adj. + -ly suffix2.
1. In an incidental manner; as an incident, or a subordinate and casual circumstance.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > [adverb] > non-essentially or incidentally
accidentallya1398
accidentlya1460
accidentarily1591
extra-essentiallya1652
adventitiously1653
circumstantially1656
incidentally1665
the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] > incidentally or by the way
incidently1529
occursively1592
emergently1660
en passant1665
incidentally1665
incidentarilya1670
casually1697
promiscuously1791
overly1825
promiscuous1826
1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. ii, in Occas. Refl. sig. E6v A Theme, that fell but incidentally under my consideration.
1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vii. 240 He mentions these Gifts incidentally, in the most easy Manner.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 407 In the course of the debate a grave constitutional question was incidentally raised.
1879 R. K. Douglas Confucianism iv. 94 The supreme object of learning should be truth, and incidentally self-improvement.
2. In point of fact: used to accompany a not immediately pertinent statement.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > in relation or with reference to or concerning > incidentally
obitera1568
obiterly1605
by the by?1710
obitaneouslya1834
incidentally1925
1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. I. i. ii. 15 Incidentally by that time the sex lure or appeal had begun to manifest itself.
1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 264/2 Incidentally is now very common as a writer's apology for an irrelevance.
1961 A. Huxley Let. 8 Jan. (1969) 902 Pure perceptual receptivity is the basis, incidentally, of many Tantrik exercises.
1972 R. Quirk et al. Gram. Contemp. Eng. 667 Incidentally adds explicitly that what is being said is a digression, if only slight, and an afterthought: The airlines charge half-price for students. Incidentally, I have already bought my ticket to New York.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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