By accident
Suddenly and by accident are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Suddenly" instead an adverb phrase "By accident".
Suddenly
Suddenly adverb - With great suddenness.
By accident and suddenly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "By accident" instead an adverb "Suddenly".
Nearby Words: sudden, suddenness
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- short and by accident
- short and suddenly
- unprepared and by accident
- unprepared and suddenly
- unaware and by accident
- unaware and suddenly
- recklessly and by accident
- recklessly and suddenly
- carelessly and by accident
- carelessly and suddenly
- sudden and by accident
- sudden and suddenly
- out of the blue and by accident
- out of the blue and suddenly
Both terms in one sentence
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They can even end up doing a partial transformation entirely by accident, suddenly having bits of weapon pop out of their chests.
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Hurricane of Excuses: After running into Sour Cream by accident, Marty suddenly goes in a blathering rant about how busy show-business is, which Greg and Steven talk over.
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Invoked by accident in Everybody Loves Raymond: Ray and Debra suddenly hear a loud noise approaching their house... Seconds later, a car comes blazing into the living room and totals the front entrance of their house.
Source: There Was a Door
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