by chance
1. through chance, "To sleep, perchance to dream.." • Syn: perchance • Usage Domain: archaism, archaicism 2. by accident - betrayed by a word haply overheard • Syn: haply, by luck 3. without advance planning - they met accidentally • Syn: accidentally, circumstantially, unexpectedly • Ant: deliberately (for: accidentally) • Derived from adjective: unexpected (for: unexpectedly)
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