resulting from a coincidence; done or happening by chance 巧合的,碰巧的;偶然的 any resemblance between their reports is purely coincidental. 他们报告中的任何相似之处都纯属巧合。 it cannot be coincidental that these years were a time of important new developments. 这几年出现了新的重大发展绝非偶然。
happening or existing at the same time 同时发生(或存在) it's convenient that his plan is coincidental with the group's closure. 在集团公司停业时提出他的计划,这正是时候。
派生 coincidentally adverb
我们俩在同一天离职,这真是太巧了 [sentence adverb]coincidentally, we had both left our previous jobs on the same day.