Synonyms for accidentally
ac·ci·den·tal·ly

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1. by chance, accidentally, circumstantially, unexpectedlyadverb

   without advance planning

   "they met accidentally"

   Synonyms:
   by luck, incidentally, unintentionally, circumstantially, perchance, by chance, unexpectedly, out of the blue, haply, minutely

   Antonyms:
   by design, on purpose, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, advisedly, purposely, by choice

2. incidentally, accidentallyadverb

   of a minor or subordinate nature

   "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models"

   Synonyms:
   incidentally, unintentionally, by the bye, by chance, circumstantially, apropos, by the way, unexpectedly

   Antonyms:
   designedly, by design, purposely, on purpose, by choice, deliberately, advisedly, intentionally

3. unintentionally, accidentallyadverb

   without intention; in an unintentional manner

   "she hit him unintentionally"

   Synonyms:
   by chance, unexpectedly, circumstantially, incidentally, unintentionally

   Antonyms:
   advisedly, by choice, by design, purposely, designedly, on purpose, intentionally, deliberately

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1. accidentallyadverb

   Synonyms:
   unintentionally, casually, fortuitously

   Antonyms:
   intentionally, advisedly, deliberately

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1. List of paraphrases for "accidentally":

   inadvertently, accidently, unintentionally, incidentally, mistakenly

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1. Scott Sicherer:

   It's what a lot of families call trying to be' bite safe.' it's not that you're curing the allergy ; it's not that you're going to be able to eat peanut butter sandwiches, it's really just to have a better threshold so that if you accidentally ate something that had a little bit of peanut in it, maybe you wouldn't have a reaction or the reaction wouldn't be so bad.

2. Eric Hovland:

   It’s flipping and tossing around, it looks like it’s even been roped by the tail. I mean this just wasn’t hooked on a line and accidentally dragged. This was purposeful and tragic.

3. The Broadway star rep:

   He accidentally emailed her which broke the restraining order and he was arrested and immediately released.It was not a personal email, it was a pure accident.

4. Scott C. Holstad:

   when you despise yourself and everyone else in the world, you just give up, say fuck it, and pray the fuckers will accidentally press the big bomb buttons

5. Jon Herrity:

   We really should not be testing with children, i could've accidentally somehow had some stroke or whatever and suddenly my foot goes on the accelerator or a heart attack or who know what could happen. There's always that chance.