词汇 | accidentally on purpose |
释义 | Idiom accidentally on purpose humorous if you do something accidentally on purpose, you intend to do it but you pretend that it was an accident.If I, accidentally on purpose, forget to bring her address with us, we won't be able to visit her after all. accidentally on purpose adverb apparently accidental yet deliberately done, especially with hidden malicious purpose US, 1887accidentally on purposeSeemingly unintentionally but actually deliberately. Sometimes hyphenated. Paula is pretty shy, so I think she forgot to attend the party accidentally on purpose. accidentally-on-purposeInf. deliberate, but meant to look like an accident. Then, I accidentally-on-purpose spilled water on him. accidentally on purposeapparently by accident but in fact intentionally. humorousacciˌdentally on ˈpurpose(informal, ironic) intending to do something, but wanting to appear to have done it by accident: ‘We’d just finished our meal when John realized he’d accidentally left his chequebook at home.’ ‘Accidentally on purpose, you mean!’accidentally-on-purpose mod. deliberate, but meant to look like an accident. Then I accidentally-on-purpose spilled water on him. |
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