accidental

  • 11accidental — [adj] happening unexpectedly adventitious, casual, chance, coincidental, contingent, fluky*, fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, random, uncalculated, unexpected, unforeseen, unintended, unintentional, unplanned; concepts 530,552 Ant. decided,… …

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  • 12accidental — Accidental, m. acut. Fortuitus. Accidentale, f. penac. Fortuita …

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  • 13accidental — ► ADJECTIVE 1) happening by accident. 2) incidental; subsidiary. ► NOUN Music ▪ a sign indicating a momentary departure from the key signature by raising or lowering a note. DERIVATIVES accidentally adverb …

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  • 14accidental — ► adjetivo 1 Que no es esencial o sustancial: ■ la información de la nota a pie de página es completamente accidental. SINÓNIMO secundario 2 Que ocurre fuera de lo acostumbrado, establecido o previsto. SINÓNIMO circunstancial casual 3 Que ocupa… …

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  • 15accidental — adjective 1) an accidental meeting Syn: fortuitous, chance, adventitious, fluky, coincidental, casual, serendipitous, random; unexpected, unforeseen, unanticipated, unlooked for, unintentional, unintended, inadvertent, unplanned …

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  • 16accidental — accidentally, adv. accidentalness, accidentality, n. /ak si den tl/, adj. 1. happening by chance or accident; not planned; unexpected: an accidental meeting. 2. nonessential; incidental; subsidiary: accidental benefits. 3. Music. relating to or… …

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  • 17accidental — Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to usual course of things; casual; fortuitous. Norris v. New York Life Ins. Co., C.C.A.Md., 49 F.2d 62, 63; Murphy v. Travelers Ins. Co., 141 Neb. 41, 2 N.W.2d 576, 578, 579. See… …

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  • 18accidental — Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to usual course of things; casual; fortuitous. Norris v. New York Life Ins. Co., C.C.A.Md., 49 F.2d 62, 63; Murphy v. Travelers Ins. Co., 141 Neb. 41, 2 N.W.2d 576, 578, 579. See… …

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  • 19accidental — {{#}}{{LM A00352}}{{〓}} {{SynA00358}} {{[}}accidental{{]}} ‹ac·ci·den·tal› {{《}}▍ adj.inv.{{》}} {{<}}1{{>}} Secundario, no esencial o no principal: • un dato accidental.{{○}} {{<}}2{{>}} Casual, fortuito o no habitual: • Me enteré de la noticia… …

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  • 20accidental — I. adjective Date: 14th century 1. arising from extrinsic causes ; incidental, nonessential 2. a. occurring unexpectedly or by chance b. happening without intent or through carelessness and often with unfortunate results • accidentally also… …

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