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Incidentally vs. Incidently
Incidentally
/ˌɪnsəˈdentəli/Examples:
Incidentally, I stumbled upon an old friend at the café.The report, incidentally, was approved by all major parties.Incidentally, the event starts earlier than last year.
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Incidently
/ˈɪnsədəns/Examples:
Incidently, I forgot to mention the meeting is canceled.She's incidently related to a famous historical figure.I found your keys in my car, incidently.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Incidentally has three syllables, in-ci-den-tal-ly.
- Incidently is a common misspelling of incidentally.
- Remember the ally ending for incidentally which is the correct form.
- Associate incidentally with incidental events that occur by chance.
- Think of incidentally as an adverb form derived from the word incidental.
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