By-coincidence
Through an accidental simultaneous occurrence, as in By coincidence both researchers discovered the same solution. [ Mid-1600s ]
Also see: by chance
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- Contrary
opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed: contrary to fact; contrary propositions. opposite in direction or position: departures in contrary directions. being the opposite one of two: I will make the contrary choice. unfavorable or adverse. perverse; stubbornly opposed or willful. something that is contrary or opposite: to prove the contrary of a […]
- By-cracky
(an exclamation used to express surprise or to emphasize a comment): A fine day, by cracky!
- By-definition
According to prior determination, as a given. For example, This antibiotic is by definition the most effective now on the market. [ 1970s ]
- Degree
any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale. a stage or point in or as if in progression or retrogression: We followed the degrees of her recovery with joy. a stage in a scale of intensity or amount: a high degree of […]
- By-design
On purpose, deliberately, as in Whether by luck or by design, his application was accepted. This term, originally put as on design, uses design in the sense of “plan.” [ First half of 1600s ]