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Dictionary

in•ci•den•tal

Pronunciation: (in"si-den'tl), [key]
—adj.
1. happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else.
2. incurred casually and in addition to the regular or main amount: incidental expenses.
3. likely to happen or naturally appertaining (usually fol. by to).

—n.
1. something incidental, as a circumstance.
2. incidentals,minor expenses.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

incident

incidentally

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