incidentally








adverb

  1. apart or aside from the main subject of attention, discussion, etc.; by the way; parenthetically.
  2. in an incidental manner.

adverb

  1. as a subordinate or chance occurrence
  2. (sentence modifier) by the way
adv.

1520s, “by the way, casually;” see incidental + -ly (2). Sense of “as a new but related point” attested by 1925.

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