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单词 accidently
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accidentlyadv.

Brit. /ˈaksᵻd(ə)ntli/, U.S. /ˈæksədən(t)li/
Forms: see accident adj. and -ly suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: accident n., -ly suffix2, accidentally adv.
Etymology: Either < accident n. + -ly suffix2, or a variant of accidentally adv.
Now nonstandard.
1. In an accidental or chance manner; accidentally, by chance (contextually: by mischance). (In modern use only as an occasional spelling variant of accidentally adv.)In quot. ?a1425 probably: unnaturally, abnormally.
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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
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adverb] > abnormally or unnaturally
unkindly?1387
accidently?a1425
monstrouslyc1487
innaturallya1513
unnaturally1528
monstruously?1548
supernaturally1578
preternaturally1588
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 128v It is made naturaly of defecte of materie or accidently [L. accidentaliter; ?c1425 Paris vnkyndely] of yuel sewing & consoldyng of þe palpebrez.
a1475 Cato's Distichs (Rawl.) 126 in Englische Studien (1906) 36 13 (MED) Thinges that happen accidentlych.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxviv To prouide and forse all perels and daungiers that might accidently ensue.
1581 J. Frampton tr. P. de Medina Arte Nauigation ii. ii. f. 9v/1 In the north, one water pusheth out another, to the place which is lower then it selfe: And so accidently it mooueth, from the place of his generation.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vii. 473/1 Which Act was accidently hanseld.
1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 479 Severian accidently passing by, Serapio sat still, and refused to give him the respect usually paid to Bishops.
1767 P. Gibbes Woman of Fashion I. 127 I was..struck with the Person, but much more with the good Sense, of the young Creature I accidently met.
1794 in J. W. Fletcher Wks. IX. 239 I broke my shin accidently against a bench.
1846 Dublin Q. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 2 237 A boy..accidently swallowed..the hook of a lady's dress.
1864 E. Sargent Peculiar III. 87 Accidently attending an auction he buys an infant slave.
1925 Z. N. Hurston Let. 15 Sept. in Life in Lett. (2002) 64 I came upon the germ of this story quite accidently, but I am shaky about using it.
1993 Canad. Geographic Sept. 18/4 As the hunting season closes each year, hundreds of ducks, geese and swans die from eating lead shot that they ingest accidently while foraging in fields and wetlands.
2. Non-essentially, incidentally, as a subsidiary or secondary effect. Obsolete.
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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
a1460 tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Helm.) (1999) 137 (MED) He that hath goode vertues is substancially a noble man, and he that hath hem accydently maketh himself noble and is nat.
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) v. v. sig. qq.vi v They haue glorye not to haue done them [sc. sins]..but accydently for as moche as they haue done penaunce.
1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 13 Age [is]..accidently moist, but naturally cold and dry.
1590 R. Hitchcock tr. F. Sansovino Quintesence of Wit f. 14v To receiue losse, is neuer good of his owne nature, yet it is very true that it may sometimes accidently helpe and benefite when it is receiued and dooth chaunce vnto men that be of good vnderstanding.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. xxii. 778 But and if it [sc. wine] be yet so drunke immoderately..accidently it cooleth..and quite vndoeth the prouocations and acts of lust.
1647 T. Bedford Exam. Chief Points Antinomianism 77 The weeding of the Garden doth not make the seeds to grow, yet in removing impediments, and making room, it doth accidently prosper their growth.
?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. iii. 33 The Law..prohibiting Marriages..contributes accidently..to fill the Register's Purses,..and grates hard upon the People, especially the Poor.
1831 Arcana Sci. & Art 4 187 It has been suggested..that the fish, in seizing its prey, might along with it have accidently picked up the stone from the bottom, and swallowed both together.

Phrases

colloquial and humorous. accidently on purpose: = accidentally on purpose at accidentally adv. Phrases.
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1704 J. Tolson Let. 9 Aug. in T. Bowrey Papers (1927) 152 I thoughtt itt more Convenient to Wait an apertunity to Meett him axidently on purposs then to Show to[o] much Forwardness.
1841 E. Finch Last Days Mary Stuart I. xiii. 284 The cautious magistrate contrived to glide into the account ‘accidently on purpose’.
1988 E. Danica Don't (1989) iii. 28 She said no I fell accidently on purpose into the washwater pail.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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