Used to add a further comment or a remark unconnected to the current subject
“Key lime pie, which incidentally ought to be yellow and not green, is understandably big on Florida dessert menus.”
In an incidental manner
“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.”
In a random or indiscriminate manner
In a way that is not directly caused by something
Indicates that a statement is related or connected to a preceding statement
Adverb for being a minor or insignificant accompaniment to something else
“Most cakes were eaten as incidental items to accompany a glass of sweet wine.”
Adverb for very low or negligible in amount
“Book sales as such became an incidental, minor percentage of daily turnover in this and other bookshops.”
Adverb 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.”
Adverb 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.”
Adverb for occurring, appearing, or done infrequently and irregularly
Adverb for carried out on a superficial or cursory level
Adverb for pointing indirectly towards someone's guilt but not conclusively proving it
Adverb for not part of the real, inherent, or essential nature of a thing
Adverb for conditional
Used to indicate the introduction or change of subject
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