by chance en · ADP
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Unexpectedly, accidentally; without foreplanning.
I stumbled across the exit by chance.
[...] Yojo had told him two or three times over, and strongly insisted upon it everyway, that instead of our going together among the whaling-fleet in harbor, and in concert selecting our craft; instead of this, I say, Yojo earnestly enjoined that the selection of the ship should rest wholly with me, inasmuch as Yojo purposed befriending us; and, in order to do so, had already pitched upon a vessel, which, if left to myself, I, Ishmael, should infallibly light upon, for all the world as though it had turned out by chance; and in that vessel I must immediately ship myself, for the present irrespective of Queequeg.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 16, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 75:
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Possibly; perhaps.
If by chance you notice the fine, almost sweet maltiness of the aroma, and the brisk, dry, mineral quality of the flavors, even better.
2007 January 24, Eric Asimov, “Quiet Cover for a Vital Brew”, in New York Times:Are you by chance looking for the exit?
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sv av en slump (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · nl toevallig (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · cmn 剛好 /刚好 (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · sw kwa nasibu (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · cs náhodou (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · ca per atzar (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · pl przypadkiem (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · sh слу̏ча̄јно (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · fi sattumoisin (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · ru случа́йно (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · es casualmente (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · sl slučajno (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · it casualmente (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · cmn 碰巧 (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · fr d'aventure (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · es por incidencia (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · la temere (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · pt por acaso (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · mk случајно (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · de von ungefähr (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · wa d' astcheyance (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · gd le tuiteamas (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · ro din întâmplare (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · tr şans eseri (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · cmn 偶然 (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · da tilfældigt (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · ceb salagma (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · fr par hasard (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · pl przypadkowo (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · nn tilfeldigvis (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · nb tilfeldigvis (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · ur اچانک سے (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · la fortuītō (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · cmn 恰巧 (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · ca per casualitat (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · es por pura casualidad (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · eo okaze (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · fi sattumalta (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · ur اچانک (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · hu véletlenül (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · la casu (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · ar بِصُدْفَة (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · es con casualidad (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · eo hazarde (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · cmn 湊巧 /凑巧 (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · bg случа́йно (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · be выпадко́ва (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · fa اتفاقاً (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · ca casualment (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · it per caso (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · ajp بالصدفة (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · fr par rencontre (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · de zufällig (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · sh slȕčājno (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · ar صُدْفَةً (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · es por casualidad (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · uk випадко́во (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · pt casualmente (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · ko 우연히 (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · sk náhodou (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · el τυχαία (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · ja 偶然 (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · ro din noroc (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · vi tình cờ (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · es de casualidad (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) · io hazarde (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly))