I stumbled across the exit by chance.
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By chance
Synonyms for "by chance" (63 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Adverb(3 words)
accidentallyas it chancedat haphazardat intervalsat randomby a flukeby accidentby fitsby good fortune
Noun(1 words)
allocate randomly
Strong matches (19)
by hazardby snatchescapriciouslycarelesslycasuallychancedesultorilyerraticallyfitfullyfor some reasonfortuitouslyhaphazardly
Related words (31)
Adverb(9 words)
hit or missin snatchesin some wayin spotsincidentallyindiscriminatelyirregularlyperchancepromiscuouslyrandomrandomlysloppilysomehowsomehow or otherspasmodicallysporadicallyunmethodicallyunpredictablyunsystematically
Adjective(1 words)
random language
Noun(2 words)
randomly assignselect at random
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17 entriesaccidentaccidentallyby luckcoincidencefortuitouslyfortuitygood luckinadvertentlyincidental findingluckilyrandom occurrencerandom samplingserendipityunintentionallyunplanned eventunplanned selection
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Collocations
13 entriesaccidental findingby sheer chancechance encounterchance occurrencediscovered by chanceencounter by chancefortuitous eventhappen by chancelucky breakoccur by chancepure chancerandom chancerandom occurrence
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
[...] Yojo had told him two or three times over, and strongly insisted upon it everyway, that instead of our going together among the whaling-fleet in harbor, and in concert selecting our craft; instead of this, I say, Yojo earnestly enjoined that the selection of the ship should rest wholly with me, inasmuch as Yojo purposed befriending us; and, in order to do so, had already pitched upon a vessel, which, if left to myself, I, Ishmael, should infallibly light upon, for all the world as though it had turned out by chance; and in that vessel I must immediately ship myself, for the present irrespective of Queequeg.
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Are you by chance looking for the exit?
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If by chance you notice the fine, almost sweet maltiness of the aroma, and the brisk, dry, mineral quality of the flavors, even better.
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