Incidentally

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incidental \In`ci*den"tal\, a.
     Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming
     without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime
     concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental
     conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses.
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           By some, religious duties . . . appear to be regarded .
           . . as an incidental business.           --Rogers.
  
     Syn: Accidental; casual; fortuitous; contingent; chance;
          collateral. See {Accidental}. -- {In`ci*den"tal*ly},
          adv. -- {In`ci*den"tal*ness}, n.
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                I treat either or incidentally of colors. --Boyle.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  incidentally
       adv 1: introducing a different topic; "by the way, I won't go to
              the party" [syn: {by the way}, {by the bye}]
       2: in an incidental manner; "these magnificent achievements
          were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models"
          [syn: {accidentally}, {by chance}]
       3: by the way; "apropos, can you lend me some money for the
          weekend?" [syn: {apropos}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "incidentally":
     a propos, accidentally, apropos, apropos of, as it chanced,
     by a fluke, by accident, by chance, by good fortune, by hazard,
     by the by, by the way, casually, en passant, for example,
     for some reason, fortuitously, in passing, in some way,
     par exemple, parenthetically, perchance, somehow, somehow or other,
     speaking of, unpredictably