Antonym: on purpose. Similar words: chance, take a chance, enhance, change, channel, mechanic, merchant, exchange. Meaning: adv. 1. in an incidental manner 2. through chance, "To sleep, perchance to dream.." 3. by accident 4. without advance planning.
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121) It happened one day that the son of a king, while riding in the forest, came by chance upon the dwarfs' house and asked for a night's lodging.
122) Suddenly, quite by chance – a crucial factor in almost any assassination – the archduke's car appeared in front of Schiller's. The driver had taken a wrong turn into Franz Joseph Street.
123) And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
124) None of this happened by chance and, as always, actions speak louder than words.
125) Loved, there is no commitment, nonperformance own commitment do and return to rather meet by chance strike while iron is hot to worship.
126) Good Jian, gold head, old dragon head, nice, only can be met by chance but not be required meaningly .
127) A good fortune fell by chance on me last night.
128) An aneurysm may be found by chance during a routine physical exam.
129) The distant planet Jupiter appears by chance on the halo's right.
130) Xia zhi xing: i just passed by by chance not eavesdrop.
131) He himself had once been led into temptation and was going home with a woman, but having touched his scapular by chance[sentencedict .com], saw in a moment an angel waving white wings in the air.
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