Phrase guide
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adj
Accidental; as the result of some unforeseen happening or series of events; unexpected; resulting from an event without the foresight, expectation, aid, or design of the person by whose agency it was caused; unintentional.
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adv
Accidentally; unintentionally; without meaning to; as the result of an event not expected, aided, or willingly planned.
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adv
As the result of some undesigned, unintended, unrelated, natural, or random occurrence; as the unexpected and unforeseen result of formerly unrelated factors.
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adv
By chance; unexpectedly; as the result of an unrelated series of events.
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History
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