"accidentally" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/ Audio: en-us-accidentally.ogg [US] Forms: more accidentally [comparative], most accidentally [superlative]
enPR: ăk-sĭ-dĕntʹ(ə)lē Etymology: From accidental + -ly. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱh₂d-}}, {{af|en|accidental|-ly}} accidental + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} accidentally (comparative more accidentally, superlative most accidentally)
  1. In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly. Synonyms: casually, fortuitously, accidentally Translations (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one): պատահաբար (patahabar) (Armenian), պատահականորեն (patahakanoren) (Armenian), zufällig (German), durch Zufall (German), de thimpiste (Irish), wēas (Old English)
    Sense id: en-accidentally-en-adv-HZPhxInI Disambiguation of 'happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one': 90 10
  2. Unintentionally. Translations (unexpectedly, unintentionally): ոչ դիտավորյալ (očʻ ditavoryal) (Armenian), ակամա (akama) (Armenian), выпадко́ва (vypadkóva) (Belarusian), случа́йно (slučájno) (Bulgarian), မတော်တဆ (ma.tauta.hca.) (Burmese), accidentalment (Catalan), 偶然 (ǒurán) (Chinese Mandarin), náhodou (Czech), tilfældigvis (Danish), toevallig (Dutch), akcidente (Esperanto), vahingossa (Finnish), sattumalta (Finnish), accidentellement (French), aus Versehen (German), versehentlich (German), unabsichtlich (German), unbeabsichtigt (German), במקרה (b'miqré) (Hebrew), לא בכוונה (lo' b'khavaná) (Hebrew), óvart (Icelandic), secara tak sengaja (Indonesian), tanpa disadari (Indonesian), secara kebetulan (Indonesian), accidentalmente (Interlingua), de thimpiste (Irish), de thaisme (Irish), trí thionóisc (Irish), casualmente (Italian), accidentalmente (Italian), 無意識的に (muishikiteki ni) (alt: むいしきてきに) (Japanese), 偶然 (gūzen) (alt: ぐうぜん) (Japanese), 誤って (ayamatte) (alt: あやまって) (Japanese), 우연히도 (uyeonhido) (Korean), temere (Latin), fortuītō (Latin), nejauši (Latvian), случајно (slučajno) (Macedonian), przypadkowo (Polish), acidentalmente (Portuguese), accidental (Romanian), întâmplător (Romanian), случа́йно (slučájno) (Russian), ненаме́ренно (nenamérenno) (Russian), náhodne (Slovak), náhodou (Slovak), accidentalmente (Spanish), sin querer (Spanish), oavsiktligen (english: unintentionally) (Swedish), పొరపాటున (porapāṭuna) (Telugu), โดยไม่ตั้งใจ (doi mâi dtâng jai) (Thai), випадко́во (vypadkóvo) (Ukrainian), غلطی (ġalatī) (Urdu), غلطی سے (ġalatī sē) (Urdu), ngẫu nhiên (Vietnamese) Translations (unintentionally — see also unintentionally): erehdyksessä (Finnish), vahingossa (Finnish), epähuomiossa (Finnish), véletlenül (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-accidentally-en-adv--hhclMGL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 18 82 Disambiguation of 'unexpectedly, unintentionally': 28 72 Disambiguation of 'unintentionally — see also unintentionally': 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: as luck would have it, fortunately, luckily, unfortunately, unluckily Derived forms: accidentally on purpose Related terms: accident, accidental

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          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "lo' b'khavaná",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "לא בכוונה"
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          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "óvart"
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          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "secara tak sengaja"
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          "_dis1": "28 72",
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "tanpa disadari"
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "secara kebetulan"
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          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "accidentalmente"
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          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "de thimpiste"
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          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "de thaisme"
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        {
          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "trí thionóisc"
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          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "casualmente"
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          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "accidentalmente"
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          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "alt": "むいしきてきに",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "muishikiteki ni",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
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        {
          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "alt": "ぐうぜん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gūzen",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "偶然"
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        {
          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "alt": "あやまって",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ayamatte",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "誤って"
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        {
          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "uyeonhido",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "우연히도"
        },
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          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "temere"
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          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "fortuītō"
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          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "nejauši"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "slučajno",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
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          "_dis1": "28 72",
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          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "przypadkowo"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
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        {
          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "întâmplător"
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          "_dis1": "28 72",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "slučájno",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "случа́йно"
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          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nenamérenno",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
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          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "náhodne"
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          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "náhodou"
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          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
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          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "sin querer"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "oavsiktligen"
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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "porapāṭuna",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "పొరపాటున"
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          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "doi mâi dtâng jai",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "โดยไม่ตั้งใจ"
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        {
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vypadkóvo",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "випадко́во"
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          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "ġalatī",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "غلطی"
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        {
          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "ġalatī sē",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "غلطی سے"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
          "word": "ngẫu nhiên"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "unintentionally — see also unintentionally",
          "word": "erehdyksessä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "unintentionally — see also unintentionally",
          "word": "vahingossa"
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          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "unintentionally — see also unintentionally",
          "word": "epähuomiossa"
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          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "unintentionally — see also unintentionally",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:accidentally",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:accidentally",
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    "English manner adverbs",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:accidentally",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:accidentally",
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      "ipa": "/ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/"
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    {
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      "word": "by accident"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:accidentally",
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    {
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:accidentally",
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    {
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      "source": "Thesaurus:accidentally",
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    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:accidentally",
      "word": "unexpectedly"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:accidentally",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:accidentally",
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "patahabar",
      "sense": "happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one",
      "word": "պատահաբար"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "patahakanoren",
      "sense": "happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one",
      "word": "պատահականորեն"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one",
      "word": "zufällig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one",
      "word": "durch Zufall"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one",
      "word": "de thimpiste"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one",
      "word": "wēas"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "očʻ ditavoryal",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "ոչ դիտավորյալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "akama",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "ակամա"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vypadkóva",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "выпадко́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "slučájno",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "случа́йно"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "ma.tauta.hca.",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "မတော်တဆ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "accidentalment"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ǒurán",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "偶然"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "náhodou"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "tilfældigvis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "toevallig"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "akcidente"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "vahingossa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "sattumalta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "accidentellement"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "aus Versehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "versehentlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "unabsichtlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "unbeabsichtigt"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "b'miqré",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "במקרה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "lo' b'khavaná",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "לא בכוונה"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "óvart"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "secara tak sengaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "tanpa disadari"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "secara kebetulan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "accidentalmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "de thimpiste"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "de thaisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "trí thionóisc"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "casualmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "accidentalmente"
    },
    {
      "alt": "むいしきてきに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "muishikiteki ni",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "無意識的に"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぐうぜん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gūzen",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "偶然"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あやまって",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ayamatte",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "誤って"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "uyeonhido",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "우연히도"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "temere"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "fortuītō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "nejauši"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "slučajno",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "случајно"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "przypadkowo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "acidentalmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "accidental"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "întâmplător"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slučájno",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "случа́йно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nenamérenno",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "ненаме́ренно"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "náhodne"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "náhodou"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "accidentalmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "sin querer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "unintentionally",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "oavsiktligen"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "porapāṭuna",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "పొరపాటున"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "doi mâi dtâng jai",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "โดยไม่ตั้งใจ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vypadkóvo",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "випадко́во"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ġalatī",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "غلطی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ġalatī sē",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "غلطی سے"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "unexpectedly, unintentionally",
      "word": "ngẫu nhiên"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unintentionally — see also unintentionally",
      "word": "erehdyksessä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unintentionally — see also unintentionally",
      "word": "vahingossa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unintentionally — see also unintentionally",
      "word": "epähuomiossa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unintentionally — see also unintentionally",
      "word": "véletlenül"
    }
  ],
  "word": "accidentally"
}

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