EGAVE

incidentally

Academic Word List, sublist 6.

About 4.86 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adverb In an incidental manner. By happenstance; in a particular case which has little to no bearing on, and little to no causal relation to, any other case.
    The book discussed the subject, but only incidentally.
  2. adverb By happenstance; in a particular case which has little to no bearing on, and little to no causal relation to, any other case.
  3. adverb Not of central or critical importance.
    The book discussed the subject, but only incidentally.
  4. adverb Parenthetically, by the way.
    Incidentally, did you hear anything new from your brother yesterday?

Similar words

accidentally by the way apropos by chance by the bye incidently parenthetically occasionally indirectly inadvertently

Often followed by

to the in it that a and he mentioned

Word family

incidence incident incidents

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