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by chance

 
Adverbial by chance has 4 senses
  1. incidentally, accidentally, by chance - in an incidental manner; "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models"
  2. perchance, by chance - through chance, "To sleep, perchance to dream.."
  3. haply, by chance, by luck - by accident; "betrayed by a word haply overheard"
  4. by chance, accidentally, circumstantially, unexpectedly - without advance planning; "they met accidentally"
by a long shot by a mile by all means by all odds by and by by and large by any means by artificial means by chance by choice by choice predicate by contrast by default by design by election by experimentation by eye

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