by chance
adverb
1 by chance
Through chance.
synonym: perchance.
Roget 621: randomly, by chance, fortuitously; unpredictably, unforeseeably; casually etc. 156; unintentionally etc. adj.; unwittingly. en passant [Fr.], by the way, ... show more
2 by chance
3 by chance
Without advance planning.
synonyms: accidentally, circumstantially, unexpectedly.
Roget 156: by chance, accidentally, by accident; casually; perchance etc. (possibly) 470; for aught one knows; as good would have it, as bad would have it, as luck would have it, as ill-luck would have it, as chance would have it; ... show more
Moby thesaurus: accidentally, as it chanced, at haphazard, at intervals, at random, by a fluke, by accident, by fits, by good fortune, by hazard, by snatches, capriciously, carelessly, casually, desultorily, erratically, fitfully, for some reason, fortuitously, haphazardly ... show more.
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