incidentally.
In an incidental manner.
Meaning & usage
In an incidental manner. By happenstance; in a particular case which has little to no bearing on, and little to no causal relation to, any other case.
In an incidental manner. Not of central or critical importance.
The book discussed the subject, but only incidentally.
In an incidental manner. Parenthetically, by the way.
Incidentally, did you hear anything new from your brother yesterday?
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English incidental Middle English -ly English -ly English incidentally From incidental + -ly.
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