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Meaning of BY CHANCE

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adv]  without advance planning; "they met accidentally"
  2. [adv]  in an incidental manner; "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models"
  3. [adv]  by accident; "betrayed by a word haply overheard"
  4. [adv]  (archaic) through chance, "To sleep, perchance to dream.."
 
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 Synonyms: accidentally, by luck, circumstantially, haply, incidentally, perchance, unexpectedly
 
 Antonyms: advisedly, by choice, by design, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, on purpose, purposely
 

 

 

Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: accidentally, as it chanced, at haphazard, at intervals, at random, by a fluke, by accident, by fits, by good fortune, by hazard, by snatches, capriciously, carelessly, casually, desultorily, erratically, fitfully, for some reason, fortuitously, haphazardly, hit or miss, in snatches, in some way, in spots, incidentally, indiscriminately, irregularly, perchance, promiscuously, randomly, sloppily, somehow, somehow or other, spasmodically, sporadically, unmethodically, unpredictably, unsystematically
 

 

 

 

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