accidentallyadv.

Brit.

/ˌaksᵻˈdɛntl̩i/,

/ˌaksᵻˈdɛntli/, U.S.

/ˌæksəˈdɛn(t)l̩i/,

/ˌæksəˈdɛn(t)li/

Forms: Middle English accidentali, Middle English accidentallich, Middle English accidentalliche, Middle English accydentaly, Middle English–1500s accydentally, 1500s–1600s accidentallie, 1500s–1600s accidentallye, 1500s– accidentally.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: accidental adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < accidental adj. + -ly suffix². Compare post-classical Latin accidentaliter non-essentially, incidentally (6th cent.), by chance (from 13th cent. in British sources), Anglo-Norman accidentaument (13th or 14th cent.), Middle French accidentalement , accidentelement , accidentellement (14th cent.; French accidentellement ). Compare accidently adv.

1. Non-essentially, incidentally; as a secondary or subsidiary effect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > [adverb] > non-essentially or incidentally

accidentallya1398

accidentlya1460

accidentarily1591

extra-essentiallya1652

adventitiously1653

circumstantially1656

incidentally1665

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adverb] > of subsidiary importance

accidentallya1398

accidentlya1460

accessorilyc1475

accidentarily1591

subordinately1608

accessarily1611

of the by1611

in (also with) subordination to1614

offstage1861

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. i. 886 Þe tree wiþinne bredeþ of greet humour and druye essencialliche [L. essencialiter] and moiste accidentallich [L. accidentaliter].

c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 212 (MED) Þe poyntis of þe iije table ben not distinctid and seuerali departid ech from ech oþer essenciali, but sum ben atwix departid parauenture accidentali.

?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iv. sig. Oiv^v Suppose that holly they do nat contrary, neuerthelesse they contrary accydentally.

1572 J. Jones Bathes of Bathes Ayde Ep. Ded. 2 Sicknesse..depriveth, deminisheth or depraveth the partes accidentally of their operations.

1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. iii. §21. 50 Every man is presumed to seek what is good for himselfe naturally, and what is just, only for Peaces sake, and accidentally.

1713 Ld. Shaftesbury Notion Hist. Draught Judgm. Hercules v. 35 Figures of Men..accidentally introduc'd, as Appendices, or Ornaments.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 139 The invasion of the Goths..contributed, at least accidentally, to extirpate the last remains of Paganism.

1849 London, Edinb. & Dublin Philos. Mag. 34 5 I thought it desirable to preserve those factors which..indicate also, in part accidentally and in part essentially, certain elementary relations between pressure and temperature.

1897 Dublin Rev. Jan. 208 Anglicanism has changed only accidentally, not substantially.

1921 J. Dewey China, Japan & U.S. v. 41 Dr. Sun still embodies in himself the spirit of the revolution of 1911. So far as that was not anti-Manchu it was in essence nationalistic, and only accidentally republican.

1999 J. A. Cover & J. O'Leary-Hawthorne Substance & Individuation in Leibniz i. 23 If a is F but it is not the case that a is essentially F, then ‘a is accidentally F’ is true.

2. In an accidental manner; by chance (contextually: by mischance or mistake); by accident, unintentionally.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb]

feringc1000

feringlya1300

by casec1300

chancefully1303

lotc1325

peradventurec1325

of chance1330

happilya1375

in hapa1375

upon hapsa1375

casuallyc1384

perchancec1387

chancely1389

by fortune1390

haplyc1390

by (also of) adventurea1393

percasea1393

adventurelyc1400

percase1402

accidently?a1425

adventurously1440

by (good, lucky, etc.) hap?a1450

accidentally1528

chanceably1559

bechance1569

chance1595

casual-wise1601

accidental1622

occasionally1622

fortuitouslya1652

contingently1668

by chance1669

chanceable1709

per-hazard1788

chance-wise1844

1528 R. Copland tr. Secrete of Secretes of Arystotle sig. F.ii^v The body of man dyeth in .ij. maners. One is by grete aege the which ouercometh the body and dystroyeth it. The other is accydentally, as by wepen, sykenesse, or other aduenture.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. ii. 137 A letter..which accidentally..hath miscarried.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. iii. 36 I am most fortunate, thus accidentally to encounter you.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. xxi. 72 Being accidentally poisoned by one of his own arrows.

1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry v. 19 Some have lost their Lives by Toads, being accidentally boil'd in the folds of a Loaf-Cabbage.

1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xlvi. 171 A great authority..I accidentally met with this morning.

1828 C. Lamb Confessions of Drunkard (rev. ed.) in Elia 2nd Ser. 201 Accidentally their acquaintance has proved pernicious to me.

1880 News & Press (Cimarron, New Mexico) 23 Dec. 3/1 Mr. T. O. Boggs of Tramperos, while in the act of drawing a self-cocking pistol from his pocket, accidentally discharged it.

1919 T. Dreiser Twelve Men i. 18 It was so fortunate to meet him so, so accidentally and peradventure.

1972 M. Kline Math. Thought xix. 413 John Bernoulli..had discovered in 1698 that the difference of two arcs of the cubical parabola..is integrable, a result he had obtained accidentally and regarded as most elegant.

2009 J. Struthers Red Sky at Night 114 Flotsam is the name given to items that float on the sea and have arrived there accidentally, such as goods that are washed overboard in a shipwreck or in had weather.

Phrases

colloquial and humorous. accidentally on purpose: with the appearance of accident or chance although actually on purpose or by pre-arrangement. Cf. on purpose at purpose n. Phrases 6 and slightly earlier accidently on purpose at accidently adv. Phrases.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > [adverb]

willesOE

with one's willc1175

willes and waldesc1225

adviselya1325

wittinglya1340

wilfullyc1374

witting1377

a-purposea1382

of purpose (also (out) of (a) (set) purpose)a1382

wilfulc1381

willingly1402

of intention1430

knowingly1435

advisedlyc1449

deliberately1471

purpensely1472

purposely1495

prepensedly1496

purpensedly1496

purposedlya1540

proposely?1550

studiously1567

on (also upon) purpose1569

on set purpose1569

of industry1575

affectedly1582

premeditatelya1595

deliberatively1598

consultively1599

intentionallya1673

affectionally1603

by (also out of, on, upon) design1603

intentionately1609

industriouslya1616

perpensedly1624

intendedlya1641

unspontaneously1640

industrously1643

consultedly1645

consideringly1647

designedly1652

premeditatedly1653

wittily1653

intendingly1678

premeditatinglya1679

self-consciously1685

propensely1694

thinkingly1705

accidentally on purpose1711

affectionatelya1716

prepensely?1725

systematically1744

advertently1745

systemically1761

reflectively1775

purposefullya1854

meaningly1867

aimfully1870

purposively1878

designingly1879

proposedly1887

1711 S. H. Do No Right ii. iii. 68 One of the Sharpers pulls out a Pair of mark'd Cards, and lays them secretly in the Window,..whither the other going accidentally on purpose, finds and discovers them.

1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. iv. vi. 141 Tell us what is Modesty of Voice, for you happened accidentally on purpose to drop this word, and I don't rightly know what it sinifies.

1840 R. Bulwer-Lytton Budget of Bubble Family I. viii. 159 Miss Cleopatra was sitting accidentally on purpose alone in the back drawing-room one Thursday morning, at the hour when Captain Fitzprigem was wont to call.

a1859 Lady Morgan Memoirs (1862) I. x. 91 Dermody neglected the order—perhaps ‘accidentally on purpose’.

1916 R. Frost Let. 14 Nov. (1964) 45 My not meeting De la Mare in England was rather accidentally on purpose.

1946 R. Lehmann Gipsy's Baby and Other Stories 137 The other one chiming in all wrong every time accidentally on purpose to spoil the effect.

2003 K. Kwei-Armah Elmina's Kitchen ii. ii. 71 (stage direct.) Ashley accidentally on purpose drops his car keys on the floor.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	accidentally
释义	accidentallyadv. Brit. /ˌaksᵻˈdɛntl̩i/, /ˌaksᵻˈdɛntli/, U.S. /ˌæksəˈdɛn(t)l̩i/, /ˌæksəˈdɛn(t)li/ Forms: Middle English accidentali, Middle English accidentallich, Middle English accidentalliche, Middle English accydentaly, Middle English–1500s accydentally, 1500s–1600s accidentallie, 1500s–1600s accidentallye, 1500s– accidentally. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: accidental adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < accidental adj. + -ly suffix². Compare post-classical Latin accidentaliter non-essentially, incidentally (6th cent.), by chance (from 13th cent. in British sources), Anglo-Norman accidentaument (13th or 14th cent.), Middle French accidentalement , accidentelement , accidentellement (14th cent.; French accidentellement ). Compare accidently adv. 1. Non-essentially, incidentally; as a secondary or subsidiary effect. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > [adverb] > non-essentially or incidentally accidentallya1398 accidentlya1460 accidentarily1591 extra-essentiallya1652 adventitiously1653 circumstantially1656 incidentally1665 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adverb] > of subsidiary importance accidentallya1398 accidentlya1460 accessorilyc1475 accidentarily1591 subordinately1608 accessarily1611 of the by1611 in (also with) subordination to1614 offstage1861 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. i. 886 Þe tree wiþinne bredeþ of greet humour and druye essencialliche [L. essencialiter] and moiste accidentallich [L. accidentaliter]. c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 212 (MED) Þe poyntis of þe iije table ben not distinctid and seuerali departid ech from ech oþer essenciali, but sum ben atwix departid parauenture accidentali. ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iv. sig. Oiv^v Suppose that holly they do nat contrary, neuerthelesse they contrary accydentally. 1572 J. Jones Bathes of Bathes Ayde Ep. Ded. 2 Sicknesse..depriveth, deminisheth or depraveth the partes accidentally of their operations. 1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. iii. §21. 50 Every man is presumed to seek what is good for himselfe naturally, and what is just, only for Peaces sake, and accidentally. 1713 Ld. Shaftesbury Notion Hist. Draught Judgm. Hercules v. 35 Figures of Men..accidentally introduc'd, as Appendices, or Ornaments. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 139 The invasion of the Goths..contributed, at least accidentally, to extirpate the last remains of Paganism. 1849 London, Edinb. & Dublin Philos. Mag. 34 5 I thought it desirable to preserve those factors which..indicate also, in part accidentally and in part essentially, certain elementary relations between pressure and temperature. 1897 Dublin Rev. Jan. 208 Anglicanism has changed only accidentally, not substantially. 1921 J. Dewey China, Japan & U.S. v. 41 Dr. Sun still embodies in himself the spirit of the revolution of 1911. So far as that was not anti-Manchu it was in essence nationalistic, and only accidentally republican. 1999 J. A. Cover & J. O'Leary-Hawthorne Substance & Individuation in Leibniz i. 23 If a is F but it is not the case that a is essentially F, then ‘a is accidentally F’ is true. 2. In an accidental manner; by chance (contextually: by mischance or mistake); by accident, unintentionally. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] feringc1000 feringlya1300 by casec1300 chancefully1303 lotc1325 peradventurec1325 of chance1330 happilya1375 in hapa1375 upon hapsa1375 casuallyc1384 perchancec1387 chancely1389 by fortune1390 haplyc1390 by (also of) adventurea1393 percasea1393 adventurelyc1400 percase1402 accidently?a1425 adventurously1440 by (good, lucky, etc.) hap?a1450 accidentally1528 chanceably1559 bechance1569 chance1595 casual-wise1601 accidental1622 occasionally1622 fortuitouslya1652 contingently1668 by chance1669 chanceable1709 per-hazard1788 chance-wise1844 1528 R. Copland tr. Secrete of Secretes of Arystotle sig. F.ii^v The body of man dyeth in .ij. maners. One is by grete aege the which ouercometh the body and dystroyeth it. The other is accydentally, as by wepen, sykenesse, or other aduenture. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. ii. 137 A letter..which accidentally..hath miscarried. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. iii. 36 I am most fortunate, thus accidentally to encounter you. View more context for this quotation 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. xxi. 72 Being accidentally poisoned by one of his own arrows. 1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry v. 19 Some have lost their Lives by Toads, being accidentally boil'd in the folds of a Loaf-Cabbage. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xlvi. 171 A great authority..I accidentally met with this morning. 1828 C. Lamb Confessions of Drunkard (rev. ed.) in Elia 2nd Ser. 201 Accidentally their acquaintance has proved pernicious to me. 1880 News & Press (Cimarron, New Mexico) 23 Dec. 3/1 Mr. T. O. Boggs of Tramperos, while in the act of drawing a self-cocking pistol from his pocket, accidentally discharged it. 1919 T. Dreiser Twelve Men i. 18 It was so fortunate to meet him so, so accidentally and peradventure. 1972 M. Kline Math. Thought xix. 413 John Bernoulli..had discovered in 1698 that the difference of two arcs of the cubical parabola..is integrable, a result he had obtained accidentally and regarded as most elegant. 2009 J. Struthers Red Sky at Night 114 Flotsam is the name given to items that float on the sea and have arrived there accidentally, such as goods that are washed overboard in a shipwreck or in had weather. Phrases colloquial and humorous. accidentally on purpose: with the appearance of accident or chance although actually on purpose or by pre-arrangement. Cf. on purpose at purpose n. Phrases 6 and slightly earlier accidently on purpose at accidently adv. Phrases. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [adverb] willesOE with one's willc1175 willes and waldesc1225 adviselya1325 wittinglya1340 wilfullyc1374 witting1377 a-purposea1382 of purpose (also (out) of (a) (set) purpose)a1382 wilfulc1381 willingly1402 of intention1430 knowingly1435 advisedlyc1449 deliberately1471 purpensely1472 purposely1495 prepensedly1496 purpensedly1496 purposedlya1540 proposely?1550 studiously1567 on (also upon) purpose1569 on set purpose1569 of industry1575 affectedly1582 premeditatelya1595 deliberatively1598 consultively1599 intentionallya1673 affectionally1603 by (also out of, on, upon) design1603 intentionately1609 industriouslya1616 perpensedly1624 intendedlya1641 unspontaneously1640 industrously1643 consultedly1645 consideringly1647 designedly1652 premeditatedly1653 wittily1653 intendingly1678 premeditatinglya1679 self-consciously1685 propensely1694 thinkingly1705 accidentally on purpose1711 affectionatelya1716 prepensely?1725 systematically1744 advertently1745 systemically1761 reflectively1775 purposefullya1854 meaningly1867 aimfully1870 purposively1878 designingly1879 proposedly1887 1711 S. H. Do No Right ii. iii. 68 One of the Sharpers pulls out a Pair of mark'd Cards, and lays them secretly in the Window,..whither the other going accidentally on purpose, finds and discovers them. 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. iv. vi. 141 Tell us what is Modesty of Voice, for you happened accidentally on purpose to drop this word, and I don't rightly know what it sinifies. 1840 R. Bulwer-Lytton Budget of Bubble Family I. viii. 159 Miss Cleopatra was sitting accidentally on purpose alone in the back drawing-room one Thursday morning, at the hour when Captain Fitzprigem was wont to call. a1859 Lady Morgan Memoirs (1862) I. x. 91 Dermody neglected the order—perhaps ‘accidentally on purpose’. 1916 R. Frost Let. 14 Nov. (1964) 45 My not meeting De la Mare in England was rather accidentally on purpose. 1946 R. Lehmann Gipsy's Baby and Other Stories 137 The other one chiming in all wrong every time accidentally on purpose to spoil the effect. 2003 K. Kwei-Armah Elmina's Kitchen ii. ii. 71 (stage direct.) Ashley accidentally on purpose drops his car keys on the floor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1398
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