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by chance
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As an adverb, by chance means through chance.
Meanings of by chance
3 meaningsadverb
By accident
“betrayed by a word haply overheard”
Similar: haply, by luckWithout advance planning
“they met accidentally”
Similar: accidentally, circumstantially, unexpectedly
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
All synonyms for by chance →adverb: through chance
adverb: by accident
haplyby luck
adverb: without advance planning