semiaccidentally

English

Etymology

semiaccidental +‎ -ly

Adverb

semiaccidentally (not comparable)

  1. In a manner that is partly accidental.
    • 2008 January 22, Charles Isherwood, “The Body of Her Work: Hearing Questions of Life and Death”, in New York Times‎:
      As ominous thwacking sounds are heard — she asks some dancers to demonstrate a few moves — Ms. Streb tells of the time she set herself on fire, semiaccidentally.
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