inadvertently

From inadvertent +‎ -ly.

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inadvertently (not comparable)

1. Unintentionally; because of an oversight.
   • 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Disintegration Machine‎^[1]:

     'Dear me! I may have inadvertently touched the handle,' said he.

   • 2013 November 6, Chris Bevan, “Borussia Dortmund 0-1 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport:

     Neven Subotic hooked a volley wide after Ramsey inadvertently headed a Reus free-kick back into the danger zone, and Blaszczykowski was also off target when he met Kevin Grosskreutz's cross.

   • 2025 May 3, Patricia Clarke, “You and me, we gonna live forever … as avatars, at least”, in The Observer‎^[2]:

     for the living human, who in grief may share deeply personal data with the commercial entity that owns the bot, but also for the ghost, which might inadvertently reveal a n old family secret from beyond the grave.

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