Pronunciation Adverb
unwittingly
- In an unwitting manner; inadvertently, obliviously, unintentionally, unknowingly.
- Antonyms: advertently, consciously, deliberately, knowingly, intentionally, purposely
- She realized to her horror that she had unwittingly helped those people she most despised.
- 1613, William Shakespeare; [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene ii], page 220 ↗, column 2:
- This morning, / Paprs of State he ſent me, to peruſe / As I required: and wot you what I found / There (on my Conſcience put vnwittingly) {{...}
- French: involontairement
- German: unbeabsichtigt, unabsichtlich, ungewollt, irrtümlich
- Italian: involontariamente, inconsapevolmente
- Spanish: sin querer, accidentalmente, sin comerlo ni beberlo
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