By chance

prep_phrase

prep_phrase ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    without advance planning wordnet
  2. 2
    by accident wordnet
  3. 3
    through chance wordnet
Prep_phrase
  1. 1
    Unexpectedly, accidentally; without foreplanning.

    "I stumbled across the exit by chance."

  2. 2
    Possibly; perhaps.

    "Are you by chance looking for the exit?"

Example

More examples

"I stumbled across the exit by chance."