Accidental
[n] a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
[adj] without intention; especially resulting from heedless action; "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning";"an accidental shooting"
[adj] associated by chance and not an integral part; "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson; "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character"
[adj] occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship"; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"
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accessory, accident, accidentally, accompanying, addendum, addition, additional, adjunct, ado, adscititious, adventitious, afloat, afoot, aleatory, appendage, appurtenance, appurtenant, ascititious, auxiliary, breve, by-the-way, casual, casually, causeles