adventitious
About 0.46 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
- adjective Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
- adjective Not congenital; acquired.
- adjective Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.
Similar words
extrinsic accidental circumstantial incidental sporadic occasional accident casual chance temporary
Often followed by
roots buds circumstances sounds root and shoots aid aids
Word family
adventitiously
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