accidentally on purpose
Deliberately seeming unintentional
Accidentally on purpose describes doing something deliberately while pretending it was unintentional.
The phrase captures a specific kind of plausible deniability—the act looks accidental, but the actor knows better: She accidentally on purpose spilled wine on her ex's new girlfriend.
Often used to call out someone's transparent excuse or to confess one's own calculated "mistake."
- purposefullyWith conscious intention
- intentionalDone on purpose
- feignedFalsely displayed or simulated
- ruseDeliberate act of deception
- contrivedDeliberately manufactured, unnatural
deliberate · scheme · wink · subterfuge · plausible · deniability · simulated · passive-aggressive · planned · self-justification · orchestrated · staged · on the sly · rationalization · not my fault · calculated · cunning · misdirection
accidentally on purposeopenly
Without hiding anything
forthrightly · transparently · candidly · above board · cards on the table
accidentally on purposeunintentionally
Without deliberate intent
by chance · inadvertently · unwittingly · fortuitously · serendipitously
purpose, accidental, accidentally, accidentals, nonaccidental