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# inadvertently

adverb (inadvertently)

«inadvertently» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «inadvertently» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inadvertently/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«inadvertently» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inadvertently.html) on Mova free.