adventitiously

English

Alternative forms

• adventitially (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

English adventitious

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English adventitiously

From adventitious + -ly.

Adverb

adventitiously (comparative more adventitiously, superlative most adventitiously)

1. in an adventitious manner; sporadically.

Translations

in an adventitious manner

• Polish: przygodnie, przypadkowo (pl), nieoczekiwanie (pl), niespodziewanie (pl)
• Portuguese: adventiciamente