coincidentally

adverb co·in·ci·den·tal·ly \ (ˌ)kō-ˌin(t)-sə-ˈdent-lē , -ˈden-tə-lē \

|Updated on: 5 Jun 2018

Examples: coincidentally in a Sentence

Definition of coincidentally

1 : in a coincidental manner : by coincidence

lonely singles who meet coincidentally and click
—People

2 : it is or seems coincidental that

coincidentally, the dog died exactly one year after his owner did

Examples of coincidentally in a Sentence

the final stages of the Napoleonic Wars were fought coincidentally with the U.S.-British conflict known as the War of 1812

Recent Examples of coincidentally from the Web

Vicky Bush-Joseph is another friend of mine, and coincidentally a neighbor of the Wades, whose daughter Kathleen spent six months on the ground in Benin more than a year ago.

— sara clarkson, chicagotribune.com, "Clarkson: Finding local connections on the big continent of Africa," 30 May 2018
A few days later, Jackson digs the grave of an elderly woman, who coincidentally spent over 30 years of her own life tending to a nearby cemetery with her husband.

— hanna krueger, NOLA.com, "Over 10,000 days of life spent digging graves for New Orleans' dead," 29 May 2018
Five Gophers lived there in 2012-13, coincidentally comprising their entire top power-play unit: Schmidt, Haula, triggerman Nick Bjugstad, center Kyle Rau and winger Zach Budish.

— alex prewitt, SI.com, "From College Hockey to Vegas, the Journey of Haula and Schmidt Could Include the Stanley Cup," 25 May 2018
That honor, coincidentally and confusingly enough, has gone to residents of another American city named Columbus.

— olivia b. waxman, Time, "Lots of Places Claim to Be the Birthplace of Memorial Day. Here's the Truth, According to an Expert," 25 May 2018
Or more like the family work ethic coincidentally paying off at the same time.

— jeff metcalfe, azcentral, "Marisa Stankiewicz lives up to family scrappy heritage for ASU softball," 24 May 2018
The email story coincidentally helped weaponize the Russian email hack.

— jonathan chait, Daily Intelligencer, "Trump Is Doing Same Thing He Demanded Clinton Be Locked Up For," 22 May 2018
In a most tragic incident coincidentally occurring during Mental Health Awareness Month, a former African-American Playboy model has jumped to her death, taking her 7-year-old son with her.

— angela helm, The Root, "Former Playboy Model Jumps to Her Death With Her 7-Year-Old Son," 19 May 2018
Glanzman said one of McConnell’s students, Al Jacobson, demonstrated the transfer of memories between flatworms via RNA injections, coincidentally while an assistant professor at UCLA.

— usha lee mcfarling, STAT, "Memory transferred between snails, challenging standard theory of how the brain remembers," 14 May 2018

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