Both Uses of
incidental
in
A Room With A View
- Thus he was incidentally enabled to discuss the fortunes of Lucy.†
Chpt 18incidentally = of something that comes with something else, but is less important than it
- It was quite easy to say, "Because George Emerson has been bothering me, and if he hears I've given up Cecil may begin again"—quite easy, and it had the incidental advantage of being true.†
Chpt 19 *incidental = something that comes with something else, but is less important than it
Definition:
something that comes with something else, but is less important than it
sometimes in a specialized sense, including:
- incidental expenses or when in context, just incidentals -- minor expenses not budgeted or not specified
- incidental music -- music in a play, television program, radio program, video game or some other form not primarily musical. (The term is less frequently applied to film music, with such music being referred to instead as the film score or soundtrack.)