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Incidentally, I won't be able to go the party tonight. 2
casually, as luck would have it, accidentally, by chance,
perchance: In addition to being held for murder, he was
incidentally charged with possession of an illegal weapon.
incision n. cut, gash, slit, slash: The surgeon made an incision in the
abdominal wall.
incisive adj. 1 keen, sharp, acute, piercing, perspicacious, perceptive,
percipient, penetrating, trenchant, canny, shrewd: Shirley
offered some incisive observations on the matter. 2 sarcastic,
biting, mordant, cutting, caustic, sardonic, ironic(al), sharp,
acid, tart, acrid, acrimonious, bitter, acerbic, cynical,
stinging, critical: Your incisive comments are not really
appreciated, George.
incite v. stimulate, inspire, prompt, move, stir, stir or whip or work
up, bestir, excite, fire, exhort, agitate, foment, inflame,
provoke, rally, goad, spur, prick, prod, drive, push, egg on,
encourage, urge, influence, wake, waken, awaken, rouse, arouse:
Who was it that incited the crowd to violence?
incitement
n. 1 stimulation, instigating, spurring, urging, influencing,
awakening, wakening, arousing, prodding, prompting, stirring,
whipping, exciting, firing, exhorting, agitating, fomenting,
inflaming, firing, provoking, rallying, goading, prodding,
pricking, needling: Certain rabble-rousers have been accused of
incitement of the crowds at the football stadiums. 2 stimulus,
incentive, inducement, enticement, temptation, impulse,
motivation, influence, instigation, provocation, inspiration,
persuasion, exhortation, agitation, fomentation, inflammation,
arousal, encouragement, excitement: Greed is a powerful
incitement to dishonesty.
incivility
n. rudeness, boorishness, coarseness, discourtesy,
uncourtliness, unmannerliness, indecorum, indecorousness,
discourteousness, impoliteness, tactlessness, ungentlemanliness,
bad breeding, ill breeding, bad manners, misbehaviour: The
incivility with which the ambassador was treated is
unforgivable.