English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] inadvertent -ly
inadvertently (not comparable )
Unintentionally ; because of an oversight .
1929 , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , The Disintegration Machine [1] 'Dear me! I may have inadvertently touched the handle,' said he.
2013 , Chris Bevan, "Borussia Dortmund 0-1 Arsenal ", BBC Sport , 6 November 2013:
Neven Subotic hooked a volley wide after Ramsey inadvertently headed a Reus free-kick back into the danger zone, and Blaszczykowski was also off target when he met Kevin Grosskreutz's cross. Antonyms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
unintentionally
Bulgarian: по невнимание ( po nevnimanie )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 無意地 ／ 无意地 (zh) ( wúyì de ) , 不經意間 ／ 不经意间 (zh) ( bùjīngyìjiān )
Czech: nechtěně
Dutch: onopzettelijk (nl) , (abusievelijk (nl) )
Esperanto: senvole senintence
Finnish: tahattomasti (fi)
French: par inadvertance (fr) , par mégarde (fr) , par erreur (fr)
Georgian: უნებლიედ ( uneblied ) , შემთხვევითად ( šemtxvevitad ) , განუზრახველად ( ganuzraxvelad ) , უყურადღებოდ ( uq̇uradɣebod ) , დაუდევრად ( daudevrad ) , დაუფიქრებლად ( daupikreblad )
German: versehentlich (de) , irrtümlich (de) , unbeabsichtigterweise
Greek: άθελα (el) ( áthela )
Japanese: うっかり ( ukkari ) , 何気無く ( なにげなく, nanigenaku ) , 何気に ( なにげに, nanige ni )
Portuguese: sem querer
Russian: неча́янно (ru) ( nečájanno ) , неумы́шленно (ru) ( neumýšlenno ) , ненаро́ком (ru) ( nenarókom ) , случа́йно (ru) ( slučájno )
Slovak: nechtiac neúmyselne omylom
Spanish: sin querer (es)
Swedish: oavsiktligt (sv)
Turkish: kazara (tr)