Unknowingly

//ʌnˈnəʊ.ɪŋ.li// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Without awareness, without intent. not-comparable

    "An endianness difference can cause problems if a computer unknowingly tries to read binary data written in the opposite format from a shared memory location or file."

Adverb
  1. 1
    without knowledge or intention wordnet

Synonyms

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inadvertentlyinadvertentlyunawaresunwittinglyunwittingly

Example

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"He unknowingly slept with his sister."

Etymology

From unknowing + -ly.

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