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accidentally

 
/ˌæk·sɪˈden·təl·i/ adv

Definition

If you do something bad accidentally, you do it without wanting to or planning to: I accidentally knocked over a glass of water.
(Definition of accidentally adv from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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