Unwittingly
[ʌn'wɪtɪŋli]
Definition
(adv.) without knowledge or intention; 'he unwittingly deleted the references'.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Inadvertently, unconsciously, ignorantly, without knowing it.
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Examples
- She had thought of the possibility of such a signal in answer to that which had been unwittingly given by Charley; but she had not expected it yet. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Schulze discovered that chloride of silver was darkened by light and all unwittingly became the father of photography. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It was Selden himself who unwittingly fused the group by arresting the attention of one of its members. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The slight, though of her own causing, and self-explanatory, she was unable to dismiss as unwittingly shown, so sensitive had the situation made her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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