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Another word for incidental

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Adjective

  1. Not part of the real or essential nature of a thing

    See also:

    surface

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Another word for incidental

Modifier
  1. See also:

    accidental

    trivial

    related

    accidental

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Sentence Examples

  • He also wrote incidental music to Hamlet, a symphony, and other works.

  • Grasserie is another form of disease incidental to the silkworm.

  • The incidental historical notices, which are often of great value and interest, are all his own.

  • But all pain and sorrow are incidental to the human being in his individual capacity.

  • The figure ten may be taken from the commandments, 2 as in Gregory Nazianzen's later, and more incidental, decalogue of belief.

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