† inciˈdentary, a. Obs. rare.
[f. incident n.1 + -ary. Cf. accidentary.]
Casual, incidental. Hence inciˈdentarily adv., incidentally.
| a 1670 Hacket Abp. Williams ii. (1692) 208 He had been near fifty years from the county of Carnarvan and the town of Conway, unless by incidentary visits. ― Cent. Serm. (1675) 621 They came together upon appointment, or incidentary occasions. Ibid., Incarn. iv, These 14 generations are reckoned up, and but 4 women incidentarily put into the catalogue. |