as in coincidently
at one and the same time the final stages of the Napoleonic Wars were fought coincidentally with the U.S.-British conflict known as the War of 1812

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Recent Examples of coincidentally Perhaps not coincidentally, O’Hoppe is hitting .093 in 10 games since Trout came back. Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 17 June 2025 The Netherlands was rated the 5th happiest country in the world and is coincidentally the 5th country where money can buy happiness, with a composite score of 78.3. Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025 Alex Goodlett/Getty Images Scheffler, who coincidentally celebrated his 29th birthday on Saturday, sent his tee shot into the rough to the left of the fairway. Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025 Not coincidentally, those also were the final five starts of Daniel Jones’ Giants career. Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for coincidentally

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“Coincidentally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coincidentally. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.

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