-
1 ♦ incidentally
♦ incidentally /ɪnsəˈdɛntəlɪ/avv.1 a proposito; tra l'altro: The church, incidentally, dates back to the sixteenth century, la chiesa, tra l'altro, risale al XVI secolo2 incidentalmente; casualmente; marginalmente: The letter mentioned your mother only incidentally, la lettera parlava di tua madre solo marginalmente. -
2 incidentally
[ˌɪnsɪ'dentlɪ]1) (by the way) a proposito, fra l'altro, tra parentesiincidentally, did you see...? — a proposito, hai visto...?
who, incidentally, owes me Ј 10 —...che, tra l'altro, mi deve 10 sterline
2) (as a by-product) incidentalmente, casualmente* * *[-'den-]adverb (by the way: Incidentally, where were you last night?) a proposito* * *[ˌɪnsɪ'dentlɪ]1) (by the way) a proposito, fra l'altro, tra parentesiincidentally, did you see...? — a proposito, hai visto...?
who, incidentally, owes me Ј 10 —...che, tra l'altro, mi deve 10 sterline
2) (as a by-product) incidentalmente, casualmente -
3 incidentally in·ci·den·tal·ly adv
[ˌɪnsɪ'dɛnt(ə)lɪ](by the way) fra parentesi, tra l'altro, per incisothe system prevents heat loss and incidentally saves you money — il sistema impedisce perdite di calore e tra l'altro fa risparmiare
incidentally, I saw your sister yesterday — fra parentesi, ho visto tua sorella ieri
English-Italian dictionary > incidentally in·ci·den·tal·ly adv
-
4 by the way
(incidentally: By the way, have you a moment to spare?) a proposito -
5 apropos ap·ro·pos
[ˌæprə'pəʊ]1. prepapropos (of) — a proposito di2. adv(frm: incidentally) a proposito3. adjfrm appropriato (-a) -
6 incident
['ɪnsɪdənt]1) (event) (in life) avvenimento m.; (in narrative) episodio m.2) (disturbance) incidente m.border, diplomatic incident — incidente di frontiera, diplomatico
* * *['insidənt](an event or happening: There was a strange incident in the supermarket today.) fatto- incidentally* * *['ɪnsɪdənt]1) (event) (in life) avvenimento m.; (in narrative) episodio m.2) (disturbance) incidente m.border, diplomatic incident — incidente di frontiera, diplomatico
См. также в других словарях:
incidentally — is spelt this way and not (as the pronunciation in rapid speech might suggest) incidently. Its usual role is as a sentence adverb marking a new stage in speech (or sometimes writing) and it does not always carry its full weight of meaning ‘as an… … Modern English usage
incidentally — (adv.) 1520s, by the way, casually; see INCIDENTAL (Cf. incidental) + LY (Cf. ly) (2). Sense of as a new but related point attested by 1925 … Etymology dictionary
incidentally — [adv] by chance accidentally, as a by product, as side effect, by the bye*, by the way, casually, fortuitously, in passing, in related manner, not by design, obiter, parenthetically, remotely, subordinately, unexpectedly; concept 544 Ant.… … New thesaurus
incidentally — ► ADVERB 1) by the way. 2) in an incidental manner … English terms dictionary
incidentally — [in΄sə dent′ l ē, in΄sədent′lē] adv. 1. in an incidental manner; as something less important but associated 2. as a new but related point; by the way … English World dictionary
incidentally — [[t]ɪ̱nsɪde̱ntli[/t]] 1) ADV: ADV with cl You use incidentally to introduce a point which is not directly relevant to what you are saying, often a question or extra information that you have just thought of. I didn t ask you to come. Incidentally … English dictionary
incidentally — in|ci|den|tal|ly S3 [ˌınsıˈdentəli] adv 1.) [sentence adverb] used to add more information to what you have just said, or to introduce a new subject that you have just thought of = ↑by the way ▪ Incidentally, where were you born? ▪ The wine,… … Dictionary of contemporary English
incidentally — in|ci|den|tal|ly [ ,ınsı dentli ] adverb * 1. ) used for adding related but less important information to what has just been said, or for suddenly introducing a new subject: His name, incidentally, was misspelled in the credits of the first two… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
incidentally */ — UK [ˌɪnsɪˈdent(ə)lɪ] / US adverb 1) used for adding related but less important information to what has just been said, or for suddenly introducing a new subject His name, incidentally, was misspelt in the credits of the first two Star Wars movies … English dictionary
incidentally — adverb Date: 1665 1. in an incidental manner ; not intentionally < the arrant nonsense of some of his statements is incidentally hilarious John Lahr > 2. by way of interjection or digression ; by the way < fortunate in having a good teacher…… … New Collegiate Dictionary
incidentally — adverb a) In an incidental manner; not of central or critical importance. The book discussed the subject, but only incidentally. b) By chance; in an unplanned way. Incidentally, did you hear anything new from your brother yesterday? … Wiktionary