accidentally

English

Alternative forms

• accidently

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) accidental +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæksəˈdɛnt(ə)li/

• Audio (US):

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Adverb

accidentally (comparative more accidentally, superlative most accidentally)

1. In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance

   He discovered penicillin largely accidentally.

2. Unintentionally.

   He accidentally exposed the bacteria to mold spores.

   • 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian‎^[1]:

     Robins, of Torquay, had denied a single charge of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. She claimed the microwave was accidentally turned on by one of the cats after the kitten got inside. But Knutton said the kitten was too small to even get onto the work surface.

Synonyms

• (in an accidental manner): casually, fortuitously; See also Thesaurus:accidentally

Antonyms

• intentionally, deliberately, designedly, on purpose, purposely, advisedly, by choice, by design

Related terms

• accident

Translations

unexpectedly, unintentionally

• Burmese: မတော်တဆ (my) (ma.tauta.hca.)
• Catalan: accidentalment (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偶然 (zh) (ǒurán)

• Dutch: toevallig (nl)
• Esperanto: akcidente
• Finnish: vahingossa (fi), sattumalta (fi)
• French: accidentellement (fr)
• German: versehentlich (de)
• Hebrew: במקרה (b'miqré), לא בכוונה (lo' b'khavaná)
• Indonesian: secara tak sengaja, tanpa disadari, secara kebetulan
• Interlingua: accidentalmente
• Italian: casualmente (it), accidentalmente (it)
• Japanese: 無意識的に (むいしきてきに, muishikiteki ni), 偶然 (ja) (ぐうぜん, gūzen), 誤って (あやまって, ayamatte)
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• Korean: 우연히도 (uyeonhido)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: temere
• Latvian: nejauši
• Polish: przypadkowo (pl)
• Portuguese: acidentalmente (pt)
• Romanian: accidental (ro), întâmplător (ro)
• Russian: случа́йно (ru) (slučájno), ненаме́ренно (ru) (nenamérenno)
• Spanish: accidentalmente (es)
• Swedish: oavsiktligen (sv) (unintentionally)
• Telugu: పొరపాటున (porapāṭuna)
• Thai: โดยไม่ตั้งใจ (doi mâi dtâng jai)
• Vietnamese: ngẫu nhiên (vi)

unintentionally — see also unintentionally

• Finnish: erehdyksessä, vahingossa (fi), epähuomiossa
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• Hungarian: véletlenül (hu)