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单词 incidentally
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Definition of incidentally in English:

incidentally

adverb ɪnsɪˈdɛnt(ə)liˌɪnsəˈdɛnt(ə)li
  • 1sentence adverb Used to add a further comment or a remark unconnected to the current subject; by the way.

    顺便提及地

    incidentally, it was many months before the whole truth was discovered

    顺便提一句,好几个月后才揭开了真相。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I went to see it the other day, incidentally, it's still there, still exactly as it was in 1935.
    • One guy attacked me in a big bear hug of excitement, which incidentally, I didn't mind at all.
    • In social life he loved the fishing rod which incidentally was one of the gifts of the Offertory Procession at his Requiem Mass.
    • This campaign, incidentally, is being seriously impeded not just by my own curmudgeonliness, but more by the lack of a mate to drag along.
    • There's a magazine devoted to them, and a museum, which incidentally, I have been to.
    • Key lime pie, which incidentally ought to be yellow and not green, is understandably big on Florida dessert menus.
    • Kids, incidentally, can be really cute, if you're looking for an extra incentive.
    • He is also, incidentally, seeking to become the second black quarterback to win a Super Bowl, and is boosted by the best season of his career.
    • Your uniform is a mess incidentally and I am writing of it to your mother.
    • Australian wine, incidentally, has found favour among the people of France, the spiritual home of Wine.
    • Many of the American founders, incidentally, made exactly the same distinction.
    • River water, incidentally, is even drinkable today after a good boil.
    • The Free Trade Hall in Manchester was once one of the North's great venues for many years, and also incidentally a haunt of my teenage years.
    • The Prom, incidentally, is an old tradition of the college, going back 80 years.
    • The author Picador poached from Random House is, incidentally, the first British winner since 1998.
    • His talent was nurtured by his parents who, incidentally, met at a rambling club in the 1940s.
    • Food importation is, incidentally, the major gobbler of foreign exchange in any year that the country has to import.
    • That, incidentally, was one of the subjects the aspiring beauty queens were asked to speak about.
    • These, incidentally, are the countries that have the largest number of endangered primate species.
    • In the last half of the series, Carrie hooked up with a Russian artist, played, incidentally, by a famous Russian ballet dancer.
    Synonyms
    by the way, by the by(e), in passing, en passant, speaking of which, while on the subject
    parenthetically
    informal BTW, as it happens
  • 2In an incidental manner; as a chance occurrence.

    附加地;偶然地

    the infection was discovered only incidentally at post-mortem examination

    只是在验尸时才偶然发现了这种感染。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On the issue of specification of works, there is nothing I wish to add save in so far as my remarks on consultation may incidentally touch upon it.
    • Salivary stones may be discovered incidentally on dental radiographs or during routine examination.
    • Usually it is associated with gall stones and may be discovered incidentally at operation.
    • Your doctor may discover them incidentally during a pelvic exam or prenatal ultrasound.
    • If it happens incidentally, if some kid looks at me and says ‘maybe I could do that?’
    • EMH foci in the liver are usually asymptomatic and may be discovered incidentally.
    • Some people say the best things in life happen incidentally, by chance, that fate defines what becomes of us.
    Synonyms
    by chance, by accident, accidentally, fortuitously, by a fluke, as luck would have it, by a twist of fate
    coincidentally, by coincidence
    North American by happenstance

Definition of incidentally in US English:

incidentally

adverbˌinsəˈdent(ə)lēˌɪnsəˈdɛnt(ə)li
  • 1sentence adverb Used when a person has something more to say, or is about to add a remark unconnected to the current subject; by the way.

    顺便提及地

    incidentally, it was many months before the whole truth was discovered

    顺便提一句,好几个月后才揭开了真相。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This campaign, incidentally, is being seriously impeded not just by my own curmudgeonliness, but more by the lack of a mate to drag along.
    • His talent was nurtured by his parents who, incidentally, met at a rambling club in the 1940s.
    • Kids, incidentally, can be really cute, if you're looking for an extra incentive.
    • Your uniform is a mess incidentally and I am writing of it to your mother.
    • There's a magazine devoted to them, and a museum, which incidentally, I have been to.
    • One guy attacked me in a big bear hug of excitement, which incidentally, I didn't mind at all.
    • He is also, incidentally, seeking to become the second black quarterback to win a Super Bowl, and is boosted by the best season of his career.
    • The Prom, incidentally, is an old tradition of the college, going back 80 years.
    • Australian wine, incidentally, has found favour among the people of France, the spiritual home of Wine.
    • The Free Trade Hall in Manchester was once one of the North's great venues for many years, and also incidentally a haunt of my teenage years.
    • River water, incidentally, is even drinkable today after a good boil.
    • Food importation is, incidentally, the major gobbler of foreign exchange in any year that the country has to import.
    • The author Picador poached from Random House is, incidentally, the first British winner since 1998.
    • Key lime pie, which incidentally ought to be yellow and not green, is understandably big on Florida dessert menus.
    • I went to see it the other day, incidentally, it's still there, still exactly as it was in 1935.
    • In the last half of the series, Carrie hooked up with a Russian artist, played, incidentally, by a famous Russian ballet dancer.
    • That, incidentally, was one of the subjects the aspiring beauty queens were asked to speak about.
    • In social life he loved the fishing rod which incidentally was one of the gifts of the Offertory Procession at his Requiem Mass.
    • Many of the American founders, incidentally, made exactly the same distinction.
    • These, incidentally, are the countries that have the largest number of endangered primate species.
    Synonyms
    by the way, by the by, by the bye, in passing, en passant, speaking of which, while on the subject
  • 2In an incidental manner; as a chance occurrence.

    附加地;偶然地

    the infection was discovered only incidentally at a postmortem examination

    只是在验尸时才偶然发现了这种感染。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On the issue of specification of works, there is nothing I wish to add save in so far as my remarks on consultation may incidentally touch upon it.
    • If it happens incidentally, if some kid looks at me and says ‘maybe I could do that?’
    • Usually it is associated with gall stones and may be discovered incidentally at operation.
    • Salivary stones may be discovered incidentally on dental radiographs or during routine examination.
    • EMH foci in the liver are usually asymptomatic and may be discovered incidentally.
    • Your doctor may discover them incidentally during a pelvic exam or prenatal ultrasound.
    • Some people say the best things in life happen incidentally, by chance, that fate defines what becomes of us.
    Synonyms
    by chance, by accident, accidentally, fortuitously, by a fluke, as luck would have it, by a twist of fate
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