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# inadvertently

«inadvertently» in Mova's school dictionary: **by accident, without meaning to** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (inadvertently)

### meaning for a pupil

Inadvertently means by accident, without meaning to. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inadvertently/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life you can inadvertently hurt someone's feelings or share a secret. In online safety, people can inadvertently share their location in a photo. In science, a discovery made inadvertently is found by chance, like penicillin by Alexander Fleming in 1928. It tells the reader the action was not on purpose. Phrases: inadvertently left, inadvertently deleted.

### examples

- I inadvertently deleted my homework. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inadvertently/#x1)
- She inadvertently stepped on the cat's tail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inadvertently/#x2)
- He inadvertently told her about the surprise party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inadvertently/#x3)
- Fleming inadvertently discovered penicillin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inadvertently/#x4)
- Be careful not to inadvertently share where you live online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inadvertently/#x5)
- The tap was inadvertently left running all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inadvertently/#x6)
- The Sheep eating the acorns inadvertently frayed and tore the cloak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inadvertently/#x7)

### note

Formal; everyday words are «by accident» or «accidentally». Adjective: inadvertent. Long word: in-ad-VER-tent-ly.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «inadvertently» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inadvertently/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.