incidentally
adverb
in·ci·den·tal·ly
ˌin(t)-sə-ˈden-tᵊl-ē 
especially for sense 2 -ˈdent-lē
1
: in an incidental manner : not intentionally
the arrant nonsense of some of his statements is incidentally hilarious—
John Lahr
John Lahr2
: by way of interjection or digression : by the way
fortunate in having a good teacher … —still living, incidentally—John Fischer
John Fischer
Examples of incidentally in a Sentence
Not incidentally, the market slump was followed by widespread layoffs.
incidentally, have you seen the new building they're putting up?
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Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Newsom, not incidentally, appoints all CARB board members and can fire them anytime.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 1 Nov. 2024
Not just incidentally, Tan now has all of the general managers of VMware’s lines of business reporting directly to him.
—Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
Rich, incidentally, recently came to a performance of McNeal.
—Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
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incidentally
adverb
in·ci·den·tal·ly
ˌin(t)-sə-ˈdent-ᵊl-ē
especially for sense 2 -ˈdent-lē
1
: in an incidental manner
discusses the problem only incidentally
2
: apart from that : by the way
a one-room school—still standing, incidentally—which was painted red
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