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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntl̩i/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌɪnsəˈdɛn(t)l̩i/

副詞

incidentally (comparative more incidentally, superlative most incidentally)

1. (manner) In an incidental manner.
   1. By happenstance; in a particular case which has little to no bearing on, and little to no causal relation to, any other case.

      Antonyms: inevitably, certainly; systemically, systematically, essentially

      Near-synonyms: coincidentally, happenstantially, circumstantially, by chance, accidentally, semirandomly, randomly

   2. Not of central or critical importance.

      Coordinate term: anecdotally

      Near-synonym: in passing

      The book discussed the subject, but only incidentally.

      • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

        Nor, will the tragic dramatist who would depict mortal indomitableness in its fullest sweep and direct swing, ever forget a hint, incidentally so important in his art, as the one now alluded to.

      • 1951 April, D. S. Barrie, “British Railways: A Survey, 1948-1950”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 225:

        Not everybody welcomes standardisation as a principle, because it reduces variety (and, incidentally, tends to dispose of the quainter and more picturesque anomalies).

   3. (speech act, conjunctive) Parenthetically, by the way.

      Incidentally, did you hear anything new from your brother yesterday?