incidentally

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Used to introduce a point not directly related to the main subject; by the way.

• Incidentally, I saw your brother at the store yesterday.
• The movie was good, and incidentally, it won several awards.
• The antibiotic penicillin was discovered when Alexander Fleming noticed, incidentally, that mold contamination had killed bacteria in his petri dishes.
• The survey focused primarily on consumer preferences, but incidentally revealed significant demographic shifts in the target market over the past decade.
• Darwin developed his theory of natural selection through careful observation of finches, and incidentally collected extensive data on other species.
• The excavation aimed to uncover Roman artifacts, but incidentally exposed an earlier Celtic settlement that had been previously unknown to historians.

Eş anlamlılar: by the way, parenthetically, incidentally

Tesadüfen, rastlantıyla

In a way that is not planned but happens as a minor consequence.

• I met him incidentally while shopping for groceries.
• The problem was solved incidentally when we fixed another issue.

Eş anlamlılar: accidentally, coincidentally

Zıt anlamlılar: deliberately, intentionally