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ac·ci·dent·al·ly

accidentally

 
pronunciation:
aek sih den t li [or] aek sih dent li
part of speech: adverb
definition: If you do something accidentally, you don't mean to do it. You don't plan it or wish for it to happen. It just happens.
My dad accidentally put too much butter in the cookies, but they tasted really good anyway.Jason accidentally broke his mom's phone. She was upset, but she wasn't mad at him because she knew he didn't do it on purpose.
antonyms:
deliberately