coincidentaladj.
/kəʊɪnsɪˈdɛntəl/ 1. Characterized by, or of the nature of coincidence; loosely = coincident adj. and n.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective] > in exact agreement or harmony
coincident1570
jump1581
unisonous1665
true1735
coinciding1786
coincidentala1806
conterminate1850
conterminous1855
the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [adjective]
altogether?c1400
concurrent1495
contemporana1500
unison1582
coincident1598
coetaneal1614
coactivea1616
contemporal1621
synchronisticalc1624
coetanean1625
coetaneous1649
coinstantanean1652
synchronical1652
simultal1654
contemporary1656
contemporaneous1659
simultaneousa1660
coevous1660
synchronal1660
coexistent1662
implicit1662
synchronous1669
coexistinga1676
synchronistic1685
coeval1714
contemporany1721
synchronizinga1727
joint1765
coinstantaneous1768
consentaneous1775
coinciding1786
conterminating1805
synchronic1833
coincidental1845
parallel1859
homochronous1876
monochronic1905
co-occurring1951
co-occurrent1954
a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) II. 243 Arguing upon probabilities, with some slight co-incidental corroborations.
1845 Illustr. London News 26 July 59 This coincidental misfortune.
1879 Tinsley's Mag. 24 147 We have complementary rather than coincidental tastes.
2. Of the nature of a coincidence (sense 4).
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adjective] > coincidental
coincidental1884
happenstance1905
1884 R. H. Busk in Notes & Queries 6th Ser. X. 358 I have myself..noted a considerable number of very striking coincidental dreams.
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Dec. 4/1 Supposing the apparition itself to have been but a coincidental effect of the other brother's imagination.
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