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accidental definition
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Grep of noun accidental accidental accidental injury Overview of noun accidental The noun accidental has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. accidental -- (a notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature) Overview of adj accidental The adj accidental has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) accidental, adventitious -- (associated by chance and not an integral part "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character") 2. accidental, casual, chance -- (occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship"; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence") 3. accidental, inadvertent -- (without intention; especially resulting from heedless action "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning";"an accidental shooting") Antonyms of adj accidental 3 senses of accidental Sense 1 accidental, adventitious INDIRECT (VIA extrinsic) -> intrinsic, intrinsical Sense 2 accidental, casual, chance(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA unplanned) -> planned Sense 3 accidental, inadvertent INDIRECT (VIA unintended) -> intended Similarity of adj accidental 3 senses of accidental Sense 1 accidental, adventitious => extrinsic (vs. intrinsic) Sense 2 accidental, casual, chance(postnominal) => unplanned (vs. planned) Sense 3 accidental, inadvertent => unintended (vs. intended) Attributes of adj accidental Familiarity of adj accidental accidental used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj accidental accidental Overview of noun accidental The noun accidental has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. accidental -- (a notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature) Overview of adj accidental The adj accidental has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) accidental, adventitious -- (associated by chance and not an integral part "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character") 2. accidental, casual, chance -- (occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship"; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence") 3. accidental, inadvertent -- (without intention; especially resulting from heedless action "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning";"an accidental shooting")
accidental definition
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