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Superlative for occurring by chance in connection with something else
“The aim is to reduce the incidental catch of game fish like marlin while allowing stocks of swordfish, oceanic sharks, and tuna to replenish themselves.”
Superlative for being a minor or insignificant accompaniment to something else
“Most cakes were eaten as incidental items to accompany a glass of sweet wine.”
Superlative for very low or negligible in amount
“Book sales as such became an incidental, minor percentage of daily turnover in this and other bookshops.”
Superlative for irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with
“It was the usual form for bringing before the Court questions collateral or incidental to the main issue.”
Superlative for accompanying, contributory to, or associated with, something
“Ethos is an incidental result of argument in the same way that phronesis is an incidental result of ethical virtue and happiness an incidental result of virtue.”
Superlative for lacking any obvious principle of organization
Superlative for occurring, appearing, or done infrequently and irregularly
Superlative for carried out on a superficial or cursory level
Superlative for relating to the given situation or location but of minor importance
Superlative for pointing indirectly towards someone's guilt but not conclusively proving it
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