adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
Received-Pronunciation:/ʌnˈwɪtɪŋli/
General-American:/ˌʌnˈwɪtɪŋli/
General-American:/ˌən-/
General-American:/-ɾɪŋ-/
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CMU ARPABET:AH0 N W IH1 T IH0 NG L IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adv
Meaning 1
In an unwitting manner; inadvertently, obliviously, unintentionally, unknowingly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
She realized to her horror that she had unwittingly helped those people she most despised.