Accidentally vs Accidence - What's the difference?
accidentally | accidence |
In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; casually; fortuitously.
Unintentionally.
* {{quote-news, year=2011
, date=December 14
, author=Steven Morris
, title=Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave
, work=Guardian
(grammar) The accidents , of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar.
:(John Milton)
A book containing the first principles of grammar, and so of the rudiments of any subject or art.
The rudiments of any subject.
* James Russell Lowell
As an adverb accidentally
is in an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; casually; fortuitously.As a noun accidence is
(grammar) the accidents , of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar.accidentally
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Alternative forms
*accidentlyAdverb
(en adverb)- He discovered penicillin largely accidentally .
- He accidentally exposed the bacteria to mold spores.
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Antonyms
* intentionally, deliberately, designedly, on purpose, purposely, advisedly, by choice, by designaccidence
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Noun
(en noun)- Our best schools send every year to college boys who know their accidence reasonably, and in some cases admirably well