coincidentally

coincidentally
adverb Date: 1837 1. in a coincidental manner ; by coincidence <
lonely singles who meet coincidentally and click — People
>
2. it is or seems coincidental that <
coincidentally, the dog died exactly one year after his owner did
>

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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