incidentally Definition
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incidental
adj
- 1. Happening, etc by chance in connection with something else, and of secondary or minor importance.
- Example: incidental expenses
- Thesaurus: accidental, chance, random, occasional, casual, fortuitous, odd, inconsequential, irrelevant, nonessential, trivial, slight, minor.
- Form: incidental to something (usually)
- Thesaurus: contingent, attendant, subordinate, secondary, accompanying, related.
- Form: incidental on something (usually)
- Form: incidental upon something
- 1. Anything that occurs incidentally.
2. Minor expenses, details, items, etc.
- Thesaurus: odds and ends, extras, accessories; Antonym: essentials.
- Form: incidentals
- By the way, parenthetically ― often used to introduce a sentence or phrase describing something which is, or might seem to be, a secondary or minor but related matter.
- Thesaurus: by the way, parenthetically, by the by, en passant, in passing.
- In an incidental manner.
