INCIDENTALLY


Meaning of INCIDENTALLY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnsɪdentli ]

1.

You use incidentally to introduce a point which is not directly relevant to what you are saying, often a question or extra information that you have just thought of.

‘I didn’t ask you to come. Incidentally, why have you come?’

ADV : ADV with cl

2.

If something occurs only incidentally , it is less important than another thing or is not a major part of it.

The letter mentioned my great-aunt and uncle only incidentally.

ADV : ADV with v

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