Definition of By chance

1. Adverb. Through chance,. "To sleep, perchance to dream.."

Exact synonyms: Perchance
Language type: Archaicism, Archaism

2. Adverb. By accident. "Betrayed by a word haply overheard"
Exact synonyms: By Luck, Haply

3. Adverb. Without advance planning. "They met accidentally"
Exact synonyms: Accidentally, Circumstantially, Unexpectedly
Antonyms: Deliberately
Partainyms: Unexpected

Lexicographical Neighbors of By Chance

Byzantine arch palate
Byzantine Church
Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Greek
Byzantinism
byzantium
Byzantium
byzants
by all means
by all odds
by and by
by and large
by any means
by artificial means
by a long shot
by chance (current term)
by choice
by choice(p)
by design
by election
by experimentation
by far
by fits and starts
by hand
by heart
by hook or by crook
by inches
by luck
by machine
by memory

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