adv
Meaning 1
Without awareness, without intent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unknowingly
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.
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Pronunciation
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/ʌnˈnəʊ.ɪŋ.li/
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adverb
Meaning 2
without knowledge or intention
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he unwittingly deleted the references
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unwittingly, inadvertently
Antonyms: knowingly
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English unknowing Middle English -ly English -ly English unknowingly From unknowing + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: بِغَيْرِ عِلْم (biḡayri ʕilm) — without awareness, without intent
- Dutch: zonder het zelf te weten — without awareness, without intent
- Dutch: onbewust — without awareness, without intent
- Finnish: tietämättään — without awareness, without intent
- French: sans le savoir — without awareness, without intent
- French: inconsciemment — without awareness, without intent
- French: sans s'en rendre compte — without awareness, without intent
- German: unbewusst — without awareness, without intent
- Irish: gan fhios — without awareness, without intent
- Polish: bezwiednie — without awareness, without intent
- Russian: бессозна́тельно (bessoznátelʹno) — without awareness, without intent
- Scottish Gaelic: gun fhiosta — without awareness, without intent
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