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adj. VERBS be | become | consider sth, declare sth, deem sth The fact that the concert made a profit was considered incidental. ADV. completely, entirely, purely Any resemblance of a character in this book to a living person is purely incidental. | merely Information skills are not merely incidental to the curriculum but central to it. | almost | seemingly PREP. to It's just a risk incidental to the job.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary