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incidentallyin‧ci‧den‧tal‧ly /ˌɪnsəˈdentəli/ ●○○ AWL adverb   - The moon landing was only incidentally about science.
- The symphony, incidentally, will perform outdoors for its final concert.
- He had a tremendous wang, incidentally.
- Hincmar reveals more than Dhuoda about eating arrangements, and, incidentally, about the lay-out of the palace-complex.
- It is, incidentally, a career in which women are making particular headway.
- One will be for a fast and reliable commuter line across Kent, which could incidentally carry cross-Channel traffic.
- The criticism of Turgenev is only incidentally that he is stuck in the 1840s and not far-sighted enough.
- The improvement, incidentally, is amazing.
- The worm generally has a low pathogenicity, and the majority of infections are discovered only incidentally at postmortem examination.
ways of adding something to what you have just said► what's more spoken use this to add something, especially something that gives more force to what you have just said: · What's more this stuff is cheap to manufacture so we should make a big profit.and what's more: · The prisoner has a gun, and what's more he's prepared to use it. ► besides spoken use this especially when you are giving another reason for something: · I don't mind picking up your things from the store. Besides, the walk will do me good.· Sonya says she couldn't get here through all the snow. Besides, her car's broken down. ► by the way/incidentally use this when you want to change the subject and talk about something else you have thought of or remembered. Incidentally is more formal than by the way: · How is she, by the way? I hear she's been ill.· I'll meet you at eight o'clock. Oh, by the way, could you ask John to come too?· The course is organized by Sheila Dean who, by the way, is head of marketing now.· Incidentally, these products can be dangerous if used carelessly.· He was offered a raise of 18% which, incidentally, is double what the rest of us got. ► btw informal an abbreviation for 'by the way', used especially in e-mail messages when you want to add some news at the end of a message: · BTW, I got a message from Andy. He's getting married in June. ► not to mention use this to introduce something that makes the situation more interesting, more surprising, worse etc: · There will be live music and food, not to mention games and prizes for the whole family!· Climbers have to carry all their equipment on their backs, not to mention their tents and bedding.· Several rare South American mammals escaped from the zoo, not to mention a three-metre-long python. ► furthermore/moreover formal use this especially to introduce more information that will help persuade people to agree with what you are saying: · This new equipment will be very expensive to set up. Furthermore, more machines will mean fewer jobs.· The drug has powerful side effects. Moreover, it can be addictive. ► on top of as well as other problems or bad things you have just mentioned: · On top of all this the management has decided to make us come in on Saturdays.· ... and on top of everything else my TV's broken. ► and another thing spoken use this at the beginning of a sentence to show you are going to add something else to what you have just said, especially when you are complaining about something: · And another thing! Where's the fifty dollars you owe me? 1[sentence adverb] used to add more information to what you have just said, or to introduce a new subject that you have just thought of SYN by the way:  Incidentally, where were you born? The wine, incidentally, goes very well with a mature cheese.2in a way that was not planned, but as a result of something else: Quite incidentally, I got some useful information at the party. |