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How to pronounce incidentally in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms accidentally


these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models.
Type Words
Synonyms apropos, by the bye, by the way


incidentally, I won't go to the party.

Examples of incidentally

incidentally
The goal of the policy was only incidentally to sell more cars or scrub the air.
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Incidentally he could have brought O'Hara off and I may have cheered, who knows.
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Incidentally, I have been trading with the Bink family for 43 of those 50 years.
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This grade, incidentally, is given without reference to his potential opponents.
From the theatlantic.com
Incidentally, Imran was a Shia, and hence a minority often targeted in Pakistan.
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Incidentally, Comic Relief is set to benefit from votes cast by phone this year.
From the borehamwoodtimes.co.uk
Incidentally, there is a third person actually calling the games on NFL Network.
From the suntimes.com
It was Hensgen, incidentally, who gave the beers their artist-inspired monikers.
From the washingtonpost.com
Incidentally, have you considered very carefully that your husband may be right?
From the philly.com
More examples
  • By the way: introducing a different topic; in point of fact; "incidentally, I won't go to the party"
  • Of a minor or subordinate nature; "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models"
  • (incidental) (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence; "incidental expenses"; "the road will bring other incidental advantages"; "extra duties incidental to the job"; "labor problems incidental to a ...
  • (incidental) not of prime or central importance; "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA
  • (incidental) attendant: following or accompanying as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant ...
  • In an incidental manner; not of central or critical importance; By chance; in an unplanned way; Parenthetically, by the way
  • Incidental expense; Loosely associated; existing as a byproduct, tangent, or accident; Entering or approaching, prior to reflection (more frequently incident)
  • (Incidental) Contingent upon or pertaining to something that is more important; that which is necessary, appertaining to, or depending upon another known as the principal.
  • (Incidental) i.e. unintentionally included in the background. Incidental Music is music that plays in the background of a scene to build atmosphere, tension or drama.