Synonyms of incidentally

incidentally

adverb

ˌin(t)-sə-ˈden-tᵊl-ē 

as in in passing

by way of interjection or digression

incidentally, have you seen the new building they're putting up?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• in passing
• by the way
• by the bye
• by the by
• interjectionally
• apropos
• tangentially
• secondarily
• en passant
• excursively
• parenthetically
• digressively

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of incidentally

The 1920 census places the young wife and now mother in Paw Paw, an Indian settlement in Sequoyah County—the same settlement, incidentally, where Elias Cornelius Boudinot lived, the Cherokee journalist and politician who is credited with naming Oklahoma. —Seyward Darby, Longreads, 13 Nov. 2024

Shoutout, incidentally, to voters in Howard County who voted in the same election to create their own IG (no doubt aware of the successes in Baltimore City and Baltimore County). —Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 13 Nov. 2024

His ministry preferred to measure trafficking attempts, which, incidentally, were on the rise. —Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024

Newsom, not incidentally, appoints all CARB board members and can fire them anytime. —Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 1 Nov. 2024