Word Meanings - ADVENTIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Adventitious. Gray. (more info) 1. Accidental.

Related words: (words related to ADVENTIVE)

• ACCIDENTALLY
  In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.
• ACCIDENTALNESS
  The quality of being accidental; casualness.
• ADVENTITIOUS
  Out of the proper or usual place; as, adventitious buds or roots. (more info) 1. Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign. To things of great dimensions, if we annex an adventitious
• ACCIDENTALITY
  The quality of being accidental; accidentalness. Coleridge.
• ACCIDENTALISM
  Accidental character or effect. Ruskin.
• ACCIDENTAL
  1. Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit. 2. Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play. Accidental chords