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Meanings of accidentally in English

Portuguese
à toa

Without advance planning.

      à toa
      Portuguese
      involuntariamente

      Without intention; in an unintentional manner.

          involuntariamente
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          Examples for "unintentionally"
          Examples for "unintentionally"
          1
          He said it was possible to unintentionally lose your South African citizenship.
          The South African
          2
          I sometimes from time to time come across it, unintentionally of course.
          Radio NZ
          3
          Yet, although his motives are good, I believe they are unintentionally misdirected.
          The Guardian
          4
          The Hilary Well-Up was unintentionally test-marketed to great success in New Hampshire.
          The new yorker
          5
          He just did it for us, however unintentionally, in a single sentence.
          News.com.au
          Usage of accidentally in English
          1
          We must have been accidentally using a special New Year 1990 remix.
          The Guardian
          2
          During a change of position his gun fired accidentally, the source said.
          The Irish Times
          3
          I accidentally posted erroneous information about a major news event on Twitter.
          Wired
          4
          Schön says he accidentally ran graphs of similar data in different papers.
          Wired
          5
          But Niko had accidentally created some new social order in the Slab.
          The Slab
          6
          Their families and US officials say they strayed across the border accidentally.
          The Irish Times
          7
          Remember this, though: a generation has been lost not accidentally, but economically.
          The Guardian
          8
          They later called to say the airconditioning had accidentally been left on.
          The Guardian
          9
          The officers in search accidentally came upon them in this brush patch.
          The Twin Hells / A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas and...
          10
          These were certainly no harmless tourists accidentally admitted to the wrong room.
          The flock
          11
          Today, he accidentally found himself on the rebel side of the line.
          The Guardian
          12
          Their families say they were hiking and strayed across the border accidentally.
          Reuters
          13
          In doing this, the spurs accidentally came in contact with his sides.
          Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 435 / Volume 17, New Series, M...
          14
          But later he said he panicked and fired the four shots accidentally.
          The Guardian
          15
          In the conversation, which had turned accidentally upon philology and the MSS.
          St. Elmo
          16
          No, princess; I occasionally and accidentally perform the function of a fourrier.
          Frederick the Great and His Family: A Historical Novel
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          Accidentally through the time
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          New Zealand
          Common
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