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incidentally

in·ci·den·tal·ly

incidentally

 
pronunciation:
In s den t li [or] In s dent li
part of speech: adverb
definition 1: apart from the main subject; by the way.
Incidentally, did you hear that a new restaurant is opening on that corner?Incidentally, the results of a new study suggest that this notion may be right.
similar words:
by the way, in passing
definition 2: in an incidental manner.
He didn't receive that wound in the fighting; he received it incidentally when he fell over a tree branch.
synonyms:
adventitiously, in passing
antonyms:
deliberately
similar words:
accidentally