It means happening by accident or happening as an accident, as in an accidental discovery and an accidental injury. 'accidental' and 'incidental' are commonly confused and have very related origins Happening by chance or accident
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Happening or existing by chance
A sign showing that there is a temporary change from the… Accidental primarily refers to what occurs by chance It can also mean subordinate or nonessential Poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form (frederick w
An accidental event happens by chance or as the result of an accident, and is not deliberately intended The jury returned a verdict of accidental death His hand brushed against hers It could have been either accidental or deliberate.
Definition of accidental adjective from the oxford advanced learner's dictionary
I didn't think our meeting was accidental—he must have known i would be there The oxford learner’s thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words. Noun [edit] accidental (plural accidentals) a property which is not essential Some common synonyms of accidental are casual, contingent, and fortuitous
While all these words mean not amenable to planning or prediction, accidental stresses chance. The death was ruled accidental.
