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incidentally

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in⋅ci⋅den⋅tal⋅ly

  [in-si-den-tl-ee or, for 1, -dent-lee]
–adverb
1. apart or aside from the main subject of attention, discussion, etc.; by the way; parenthetically.
2. in an incidental manner.
Use incidentally in a Sentence
Origin:
1655–65; incidental + -ly
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in·ci·den·tal·ly   (ĭn'sĭ-děn'tl-ē)   
adv.  

  1. As a minor or subordinate matter: by profession a lawyer and incidentally a musician.

  2. also (-děnt'lē) Apart from the main subject; parenthetically.

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