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Unwittingly

//ʌnˈwɪtɪŋli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In an unwitting manner; inadvertently, obliviously, unintentionally, unknowingly.

    "She realized to her horror that she had unwittingly helped those people she most despised."

Adverb
  1. 1
    without knowledge or intention wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English on-wytyngly, un-wetandly, unweteynglye, unwetinglie, un-wetinglye, unwetyngly, unwitandly, unwitendely, unwitingly, unwittandly, unwityngli, unwityngly, unwytyngeleche, unwytyngli, equivalent to unwitting + -ly or un- + wittingly.

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