† incidentaryadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Casual, incidental.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adjective]
byc1050
casualc1374
fortuitc1374
fortunelc1374
fortunousc1374
causelessc1386
adventurousc1405
accidental1502
fortunable1509
happya1522
chanceable1549
occasional1569
accidentary1581
emergent1593
streave1598
contingent1604
happening1621
incidental1644
lucky1648
sporadical1654
temerarious1660
spontaneous1664
incidentarya1670
chance1676
antrin?1725
fortuitous1806
sporadic1821
windfall1845
chanced1853
blind1873
happenchance1905
happenstance1905
a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 208 He had been near fifty years from the county of Carnarvan and the town of Conway, unless by incidentary visits.
a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 621 They came together upon appointment, or incidentary occasions.
Derivatives
inciˈdentarily adv. incidentally.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] > incidentally or by the way
incidently1529
occursively1592
emergently1660
en passant1665
incidentally1665
incidentarilya1670
casually1697
promiscuously1791
overly1825
promiscuous1826
a1670 J. Hacket Incarn. iv These 14 generations are reckoned up, and but 4 women incidentarily put into the catalogue.
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adj.a1670- master in lunacy
- master in medicine
- master in surgery
- master joint
- master ketch
- master key
- master light
- master line
- match tub
- match up to
- match up with
- match wagon
- match-bottle
- match-boy
- match-broker
- match-cloth
- match-cord
- match-fit
- match-fitness
- match-gearing
- match-head
- match-hook
- match-joint
- match-line
- match-lined