Accidental

What do we mean by accidental?

Occurring unexpectedly, unintentionally, or by chance. adjective

Of or relating to an accidental. adjective

Being an animal, especially a bird, that has strayed beyond its normal range. adjective

A property, factor, or attribute that is not essential. noun

Any of various signs that indicate the alteration of a note by one or two semitones or the cancellation of a previous sign. noun

A note that has been marked with such a sign. noun

An animal that has strayed beyond its normal range. noun

Happening by chance or accident, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; unintentional: as, an accidental meeting.

Non-essential; not necessarily belonging to the subject; adventitious: as, songs are accidental to a play.

Synonyms Accidental, Chance, Casual, Fortuitous, Incidental, Contingent. The first four are the words most commonly used to express occurrence without expectation or design. Accidental is the most common, and expresses that which happens outside of the regular course of events. Chance has about the same force as accidental, but it is not used predicatively. There is a tendency to desynonymize accidental and casual, so as to make the former apply to events that are of more consequence: as, an accidental fall; a casual remark. As to actual connection with the main course of events, casual is the word most opposed to incidental; the connection of what is incidental is real and necessary, but secondary: as, an incidental benefit or evil. An incidental remark is a real part of a discussion; a casual remark is not. Fortuitous is rather a learned word, not applicable in many cases where accidental or even casual could be used; perhaps through its resemblance to fortunate, it is rarely if ever used when speaking of that which is unfavorable or undesired; thus, it would not be proper to speak of a fortuitous shipwreck. It is chiefly used with the more abstract words: as, fortuitous events; a fortuitous resemblance. That which is contingent is dependent upon something else for its happening: as, his recovery is contingent upon the continuance of mild weather. See occasional.

Anything happening, occurring, or appearing accidentally, or as if accidentally; a casualty. noun

An unessential property; a mere adjunct or circumstance. noun

A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally. noun

Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow. noun

A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note. noun

Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous. adjective

Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental. adjective

Those which contain one or more tones foreign to their proper harmony. adjective

Colors depending on the hypersensibility of the retina of the eye for complementary colors. They are purely subjective sensations of color which often result from the contemplation of actually colored bodies. adjective

A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.

Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.

A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.

Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation or capitalization.

A poor driver. In California, this person is usually Asian. Urban Dictionary

This is the name of a sexual position which is both very stimulating for both the male and female. You enter from behind as you would in "doggy style" but then, the female lies on her belly with her legs together. You lie on top and continue to thrust as normal. It is named the accidental because you know whoever invented it did so because himself and the female fell over doing doggy. Urban Dictionary

Transitive verb, past tense: To break beyond repair, or lose completely, or do something catastrophic or highly objectionable or problematic to. Ostensibly by accident but most often used ironically for a purposeful act. Urban Dictionary

Adverb: by mistake, unintentional verb: the whole thing Urban Dictionary

(Ak-ci-dent-ay) When someone makes a mistake. same as accident, but this word makes whatever you did sound a little less important. Urban Dictionary

Verb: To make mistakes in a sentence such that the sentence is impossible to comprehend. Usually when a verb, adjective, noun or pronoun is misplaced or missing. Failing to put a period can lead to an accidentally (components of one sentence can be confused to be in another. Thus misplaced components). Usually used by the person responding to the sentence as a form of irony (since accidentally is an adjective, so using it as a verb would mean it is misplaced). Using an accidentally is an accidentally. Urban Dictionary

The awkward and extraordinarily painful experience of accidentally having anal sex because there's too much "spring" during normal sex. Urban Dictionary

As close to intentional as possible, without actually meaning to do it. Urban Dictionary

Belief that whatever one does wrong is always an accident. Urban Dictionary

An individual whose age indicates maturity but whose approach to life suggests otherwise. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to accidental:
accidental, occidental, accidentel, accident, incidental, accidently, accidents, accidente, accidentals, accidented.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word accidental:
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Words that rhyme with accidental:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe accidental:
french, first, non, mere, least, latter, spanish, single, called, best, second, occasional, previous, only, main, very, selfsame, frequent, numerous, former, appropriate, relative.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective accidental:
death, injury, circumstances, deaths, discovery, causes, poisoning, injuries, circumstance, ingestion, damage, exposure, contact, errors, meeting, discharge, loss, fire, cause, release, contamination, coincidence, overdose, hypothermia, occurrence, explosion, war, result, spills, trauma, variations, injection, fall, nature, events, factors, properties, means, releases, product, infection, character, error, introduction, features, fires, destruction, discoveries, drowning, haemorrhage, killing, omission, inoculation, wounds, coincidences, poisonings, qualities, encounter, feature, differences, occurrences, removal, quality, homicide, event, association, shooting, wound, resemblance, fact, variation, exposures, property, falls, connection, puncture, visitor, presence, meetings, associations, origin, pregnancy, being, breakage, spillage, hemorrhage, phenomenon, pollution.

Consonant match to accidental:
occidental, occidentale.

Words that sound like accidental:
accidental, occidental, accidentally, accidentals, occidentale, accidente, accident, accidents, accidently, occident, incidental, oxidant, axonal, axe handle.