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accidentally

Adverb

Meaning

In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman... because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French. Montesquieu

The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction. Samuel Johnson

If a given science accidentally reached its goal, this would by no means stop the workers in the field, who would be driven past their goal by the sheer momentum of the illusion of unlimited progress. Hannah Arendt

A moment later, he plopped down on the sand beside her, and when they accidentally touched, Gabby had the briefest flash of them sitting together just like this on a hundred different weekends in the future. Nicholas Sparks

The trick to surviving an interrogation is patience. Don't offer up anything. Don't explain. Answer the question and only the question that is asked so you don't accidentally put your head in a noose. Laurie Halse Anderson

I put tape on my mirrors at my house so I won't accidentally walk through them into another dimension. Steven Wright

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