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English adverb: by chance | |||
| 1. | by chance through chance, | ||
| Samples | To sleep, perchance to dream... | ||
| Synonyms | perchance | ||
| Domain usage | archaicism, archaism | ||
| 2. | by chance by accident | ||
| Samples | Betrayed by a word haply overheard. | ||
| Synonyms | by luck, haply | ||
| 3. | by chance without advance planning | ||
| Samples | They met accidentally. | ||
| Synonyms | accidentally, circumstantially, unexpectedly | ||
| Antonyms | advisedly, by choice, by design, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, on purpose, purposely | ||
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