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Variant of accidental

accidental Definition

ac·ci·den·tal (ak′sə dent′'l)

adjective

  1. happening by chance; fortuitous
  2. belonging but not essential; attributive; incidental
  3. Music of an accidental

Etymology: ME < LL accidentalis: see accident

noun

  1. a nonessential quality or feature
  2. Music
    1. a sign, as a sharp, flat, or natural, placed before a note to show a change of pitch from that indicated by the key signature
    2. the tone indicated by such a sign

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accidentally Synonyms

accidentally

modif.

unintentionally, involuntarily, unwittingly, unexpectedly, inadvertently, casually, fortuitously, by accident, by chance, haphazardly, incidentally, randomly, undesignedly, adventitiously, not purposely, by a fluke*.

Antonyms deliberately*, voluntarily*, intentionally.