by chance

accidentally; randomly; without planning. I found this book by chance at a book sale. We met by chance in a class in college.

Casually, accidentally, as in I ran into Bill purely by chance. [c. 1300] Also see by coincidence.

1. Without plan; accidentally: They met by chance on a plane.

2. Possibly; perchance: Is he, by chance, her brother?

Name	Pronounced	Usage
ŽOfie	-	Czech
Cherrie	['tʃeri]
Ilma	EEL-mah	Finnish
Waramunt	-	Ancient Germanic
Cintia	THEEN-tyah (Spanish), SEEN-tyah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish, Hungarian
Josepha	yo-ZE-fah (German)	German (Archaic), English (Rare)