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casualmente

by chance

adverb kah-swahl-MEN-teh Rare
Grammar & Structure Adverbs

Also means

casually

Usage Note

Casualmente means 'by chance' or 'as it happens' and can introduce a convenient coincidence with a slightly ironic tone: Casualmente, yo también estaba allí (As it happens, I was there too). It derives from casual (chance, casual) but in Spanish casual often carries a stronger sense of coincidence than the English 'casual'.

Examples

"Casualmente los dos llegaron a la misma hora."

Natural Translation

By chance, both arrived at the same time.

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