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- adverb by
accident ,unexpectedly , bychance ;fortuitously ,unintentionally .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He can have my best cigar in the house if my name accidently fell out of his mouth on a Freudian slip of the tongue with a few profane expletives to liven it up!
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local higgins 2010
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He can have my best cigar in the house if my name accidently fell out of his mouth on a Freudian slip of the tongue with a few profane expletives to liven it up!
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local higgins 2010
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Anti-choice nurse removes women's IUDs "accidently" - Feministing
Anti-choice nurse removes women's IUDs "accidently" - Feministing 2009
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When the party pursuing entered the inn, his mistress ran for protection behind him; but as he was preparing to give a deadly stroke, the point of the sword accidently struck her a violent blow, and she instantly expired at his feet.
Harper's Young People, November 4, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly Various
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What i do is "accidently" cast over their line or plop a lure at the edge of their boat.
Mugged On The Water 2009
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What i do is "accidently" cast over their line or plop a lure at the edge of their boat.
Mugged On The Water 2009
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I must say, I wasn't going to care if my hook "accidently" snagged him.
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I have little simpathy for the gangbanging parents whose kids get a hold of their illegal guns and "accidently" shoot someone.
Benefits of Health Care Spending, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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I must say, I wasn't going to care if my hook "accidently" snagged him.
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I've been haunting my local Borders for weeks in hopes that they might "accidently" put the book on the shelf early.
Release Celebrations!! Nalini Singh 2010
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