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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

irrelevantly

Part of Speech: adverbPronunciation: /ir-el-uh-vuhnt-lee/

In a way that is not connected with or important to the matter at hand.

In a Sentence

“The speaker kept mentioning unrelated facts irrelevantly, which confused the audience.”

Origin

From Latin 'relevare' (to lift up), via 'relevant' and the adverbial suffix '-ly'.

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Synonyms

pointlesslyunrelatedlynonsensicallybeside the pointoff-topicinappropriately

Antonyms

relevantlypertinentlysignificantlyappropriatelyconnectedlyimportantly

Related Words

irrelevantrelevancerelaterelationrelativerelevancyirrelevantnessrelated

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