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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Incidental \In'ci*den"tal\, adjective Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses.
By some, religious duties . . . appear to be regarded . . . as an incidental business. --Rogers.
Syn: Accidental; casual; fortuitous; contingent; chance; collateral. See {Accidental}. -- {In'ci*den"tal*ly}, adverb -- {In'ci*den"tal*ness}, noun
I treat either or incidentally of colors. --Boyle.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
incidentally
adverb
1: introducing a different topic; "by the way, I won't go to the party" [syn: {by the way}, {by the bye}]
2: in an incidental manner; "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models" [syn: {accidentally}, {by chance}]
3: by the way; "apropos, can you lend me some money for the weekend?" [syn: {apropos}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "incidentally": a propos, accidentally, apropos, apropos of, as it chanced, by a fluke, by accident, by chance, by good fortune, by hazard, by the by, by the way, casually, en passant, for example, for some reason, fortuitously, in passing, in some way, par exemple, parenthetically, perchance, somehow, somehow or other, speaking of, unpredictably
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