coincidentally
/koʊˌɪnsɪdˈɛntəli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a coincidental manner.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: incidentally, happenstantially, circumstantially"
- "Perfect for The Railway Children, which coincidentally was first serialised in 1905 in The London Magazine, being subsequently published in book form (1906)."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- English incident English -al English incidental English coincidental Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English coincidentally From coincidental + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more coincidentally (comparative)
most coincidentally (superlative)
coïncidentally (alternative, uncommon)