coincidentally

adverb

co·​in·​ci·​den·​tal·​ly (ˌ)kō-ˌin(t)-sə-ˈdent-lē 

-ˈden-tə-lē

1

: in a coincidental manner : by coincidence

lonely singles who meet coincidentally and click

—People

2

: it is or seems coincidental that

coincidentally, the dog died exactly one year after his owner did

Synonyms

• coincidently
• concurrently
• contemporaneously
• simultaneously
• together

Examples of coincidentally in a Sentence

the final stages of the Napoleonic Wars were fought coincidentally with the U.S.-British conflict known as the War of 1812

Recent Examples on the Web

Still, coincidentally, the last foreign territory purchased by the U.S. was from Denmark. —Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025

Not coincidentally, Shaw Smith and Kelly are the only two who live in Fort Worth. —Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2025

The person tasked with evolving the brand’s aesthetic range is Chaumet’s new creative studio director Olga Corsini, who returned to the house last year and was coincidentally the original designer of the Bee My Love capsule. —Lily Templeton, WWD, 5 Mar. 2025

Ti was 36% quicker than the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 in the highly demanding AAA title Cyberpunk 2077 at 4K. This is, coincidentally, the same difference between the two cards in list price/MSRP, with Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5070 Ti costing 36% more than the RTX 5070. —PCMAG, 4 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

coincidental + -ly entry 2

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for coincidentally

• environmentally
• experimentally
• accidentally
• detrimentally
• fundamentally
• governmentally
• incidentally
• incrementally
• instrumentally
• sentimentally
• temperamentally
• mentally