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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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adverb

In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.

“He discovered penicillin largely accidentally.”

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Dictionary Entry

centipedes

Part of Speechnoun

Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.

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Common Phrases

. centipedescentipedes giant
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Synonyms

chilopod

Antonyms

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Related Words

millipedesmillipedeparasitesspidersscorpionscockroachestapewormsroaches

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