It means happening by accident or happening as an accident, as in an accidental discovery and an accidental injury. While all these words mean not amenable to planning or prediction, accidental stresses chance. Happening by chance or accident
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See examples of accidental used in a sentence.
Happening or existing by chance
A sign showing that there is a temporary change from the… Accidental (comparative more accidental, superlative most accidental) pertaining to accident and not essence [from 14th c.] hyponym hyponym Instantial (philosophy) nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in aristotelian thought)
[from 14th c.] (music) adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature. Definition of accidental adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Accidental primarily refers to what occurs by chance
It can also mean subordinate or nonessential
Poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form (frederick w Master the word accidental in english Some common synonyms of accidental are casual, contingent, and fortuitous
