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WordSyllablesCategories
apropos
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Noun, Noun
incidental
xx/x
Adjective
coincidental
xxx/x
Adjective
casual
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Adjective
adventitious
/x/x
Adjective
side
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Noun
fortuitous
x/xx
Adjective
parenthetical
xx/xx
Adjective
serendipitous
xx/xx
Adjective
offhand
//
Noun
chance
/
Noun
tangential
x/x
Adjective
implied
x/
Adjective
spontaneous
x/xx
Adjective
coincident
x/xx
Noun
sidelong
/xx
Adjective
interspersed
xx/
Verb
consequential
xx/x
Adjective
backhanded
/xx
Adjective
peripatetic
xxx/x
Noun
interlocutory
xx/xxx
Adjective
periphrastic
x//x
Adjective
alternate
/xx
Adjective
early
/x
Adjective
improvisational
xxx/xx
Adjective
roundabout
/xx
Adjective
out and about
//x/
Phrase, Adjective
minutely
/xx
Adverb
in the wind
xx/
Phrase, Adverb
automatic
xx/x
Noun
pro forma
//x
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
implicit
x/x
Adjective
concurrent
x/x
Adjective
concomitant
x/xx
Noun
ambushed
/x
Verb
accelerated
x/xxx
Adjective
episodic
xx/x
Adjective
purposed
/x
Verb
intervening
xx/x
Noun
foregoing
x/x
Noun
precipitated
x/xxx
Verb
forethought
/x
Noun
wilful
/x
Adjective
underhanded
/x/x
Adjective
collateral
x/xx
Noun
subsequent
/xx
Adjective
aforementioned
x/xx
Adjective
preceding
x/x
Verb
simultaneous
xx/xx
Adjective
scattered
/x
Adjective
passing
/x
Noun
sneaking
/x
Verb
undercover
xx/x
Adjective
around
x/
Adverb, Adjective
occurring
x/x
Verb
devious
/xx
Adjective
later
/x
Adjective
subliminal
x/xx
Adjective