merely incidental

Frequency: 5.53.9 per million words

To emphasize that something is not the most important part, but secondary.

incidentalADVERB + ADJ

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merely

Examples (10)

  • Information skills are not merely incidental to the curriculum but central to it.
  • For him, financial gain was merely incidental to his passion for art.
  • The small technical glitches were merely incidental to the overall success of the project.
  • Her beauty was merely incidental to her intelligence and wit.
  • The environmental benefits of the new policy were merely incidental, the main goal was economic growth.
  • His participation in the protest was merely incidental; he was just passing by.
  • The occasional inconvenience of living in the city is merely incidental to its many advantages.
  • These side effects are merely incidental and should not be a cause for concern.
  • The unexpected delay was merely incidental and did not affect the final outcome.
  • Learning new software features is often merely incidental to mastering the core concepts.