Meaning

3 senses
  1. In an incidental manner.

    By happenstance; in a particular case which has little to no bearing on, and little to no causal relation to, any other case.

    Near-synonyms: coincidentally, happenstantially, circumstantially, by chance, accidentally, semirandomly, randomly

    nebenbei, zufällig, zufälligerweise

    случа́йноslučájno

    випадко́воvypadkóvo

  2. Not of central or critical importance.

    Near-synonym: in passing

    The book discussed the subject, but only incidentally.

  3. (conjunctive)Parenthetically, by the way.

    Incidentally, did you hear anything new from your brother yesterday?

    apropos, übrigens, im Übrigen

    кста́тиkstáti, ме́жду про́чимméždu próčim

    до ре́чіdo réči, між і́ншимmiž ínšym

More definitions
  • of a minor or subordinate nature
  • introducing a different topic

Examples

6 sentences
  1. The film we incidentally watched yesterday was well worth watching.

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  2. Incidentally, I have to tell you something.

    ruКстати, я должен тебе кое-что рассказать.

    deÜbrigens, ich muss dir etwas erzählen.

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  3. Incidentally, this room doesn't have anything like an air conditioner. All it has is a hand-held paper fan.

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  4. Incidentally a motorway ramp is being constructed in the neighbourhood, a few hundred metres away, of my clinic.

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  5. Incidentally, I know that "rlpowell" is not a Lojban name.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
in an incidental manner:
by the way — see also by the way:
Русский
By meaning 2
in an incidental manner:
by the way — see also by the way:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
in an incidental manner:
without looking for something/somebody:
by the way — see also by the way:

Forms

more incidentally, most incidentally
Comparativemore incidentally Lesson
Superlativemost incidentally

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms

Antonyms

5 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedincidental

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
incidentally — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto