Standard Lemma guide

coincidentally

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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CMU ARPABET: K OW0 IH2 N S IH0 D EH1 N T AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2: K OW0 IH2 N S IH0 D EH1 N AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

adv

Meaning 1

In a coincidental manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

Near-synonyms: incidentally, happenstantially, circumstantially

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: incidentally, happenstantially, circumstantially

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coinstantially

adverb

Meaning 2

happening at the same time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coincidently

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English incident English -al English incidental English coincidental Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English coincidentally From coincidental + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

French: coïncidentiellement — Translations
Kapampangan: mikatagun — Translations
Tagalog: nagkataon — Translations

Word forms

Inflections and variants

more coincidentally — comparative
most coincidentally — superlative
coïncidentally — alternative, uncommon

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: none provided

Related: tangentially

Semantic map

Other relationships

Hypernyms: coinstantially

Sources

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Examples

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Meaning relationships

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