By accident
Rarely and by accident are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rarely" instead an adverb phrase "By accident".
Rarely
Rarely adverb - Not often.
By accident and rarely are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "By accident" instead an adverb "Rarely".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- uncommonly and by accident
- uncommonly and rarely
- uniquely and by accident
- uniquely and rarely
- remarkably and by accident
- remarkably and rarely
- unusually and by accident
- unusually and rarely
- oddly and by accident
- oddly and rarely
- peculiarly and by accident
- peculiarly and rarely
- exceptionally and by accident
- exceptionally and rarely
Both terms in one sentence
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While he's generally the ultimate Cloud Cuckoo Lander, he occasionally has moments of hypercompetence, if only by accident, and rarely screws up missions by himself.
Source: Western Animation / Invader Zim -
They rarely have any effect on the overarching plot and you usually only fight them because you stumbled upon their army by accident.
Source: Video Game / Battle for Wesnoth - So despite their habitual Polyamory they never catch anything and rarely get pregnant by accident (as opposed to on purpose).
Source: STD Immunity
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