incidentally

Definitions

In an incidental manner; as a minor accompaniment.

Used to introduce a topic not directly relevant to the main subject; by the way.

Examples

Incidentally, I ran into an old friend at the grocery store this morning.

The meeting was scheduled for noon, which, incidentally, is when I have my lunch break.

Synonyms

by the way accidentally fortuitously casually in passing tangentially coincidentally

Antonyms

intentionally deliberately purposely directly specifically pertinently relevantly