coincidentally

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coincidentally — 副詞

1. happening because of chance rather than through planning or expectation — especi

1.副詞B2
釋義

巧合地；碰巧

出於巧合、因偶然因素發生

happening because of chance rather than through planning or expectation — especially when two things unexpectedly connect, happen together, or turn out to be related without anyone intending that result.

例句

Coincidentally, Mateo and Devika discovered that they had both grown up on the same street.

巧合的是，Mateo 和 Devika 發現他們從小在同一條街上長大。

sentence-initial position for whole-clause comment

Bao ran into his old neighbour, who coincidentally was on the same flight.

Bao 在路上遇到老鄰居，對方碰巧和他搭同一班飛機。

mid-clause modifier inside a relative clause

同義詞
  • by chance

    less formal, neutral register; can be used in everyday conversation

  • fortuitously

    more formal, often implies a lucky or favourable outcome

  • accidentally

    focuses on the lack of intention; often used for mishaps rather than surprising alignments

反義詞

文法句型

coincidentally, [clause]

[clause] ... coincidentally [verb] ...

[clause], coincidentally

用法筆記

Coincidentally can appear in three positions in a sentence: at the start as a sentence adverb (commenting on the whole clause), mid-clause right before the main verb, or at the end after an intensifier like 'purely' or 'entirely'. The sentence-initial position is the most common in writing.

常見錯誤

❌Coincidentally I planned to meet my friend at 3 PM.
✅I planned to meet my friend at 3 PM
💡it was not coincidental at all.' — 'coincidentally' describes unplanned chance, not any event that simply happens.
❌Coincidentally, she broke her leg while skiing.
✅Coincidentally, she and her cousin both broke their legs in separate accidents on the same day.
💡A single negative event is usually described as an 'accident', not a 'coincidence'; the word works best when two things unexpectedly align.