Standard Lemma guide

unconsciously

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəsli/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌʌnˈkɒnʃəsli/
  • CMU ARPABET: AH2 N K AA1 N SH AH0 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

In an unconscious manner; unknowingly

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

without awareness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she jumped up unconsciously when he entered the room

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: consciously

History

Etymology

From un- + consciously, and more rarely, from unconscious + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لَاشُعُورِيًّا (lāšuʕūriyyan) — In an unconscious manner
  • Catalan: inconscientment — In an unconscious manner
  • Esperanto: senkonscie — In an unconscious manner
  • Finnish: tietämättään — In an unconscious manner
  • Finnish: tiedottomasti — In an unconscious manner
  • Finnish: tajuttomasti — In an unconscious manner
  • French: inconsciemment — In an unconscious manner
  • Galician: inconscientemente — In an unconscious manner
  • German: unbewusst — In an unconscious manner
  • Greek: ασυνείδητα (asyneídita) — In an unconscious manner
  • Greek: υποσυνείδητα (yposyneídita) — In an unconscious manner
  • Irish: gan fhios — In an unconscious manner
  • Italian: inconsciamente — In an unconscious manner
  • Portuguese: inconscientemente — In an unconscious manner
  • Russian: бессознательно (bessoznatelʹno) — In an unconscious manner
  • Spanish: inconscientemente — In an unconscious manner
  • Swedish: omedvetet — In an unconscious manner