unwittingly
adv/ʌnˈwɪtɪŋli/UK/ˌʌnˈwɪtɪŋli/US
Etymology
From Middle English on-wytyngly, un-wetandly, unweteynglye, unwetinglie, un-wetinglye, unwetyngly, unwitandly, unwitendely, unwitingly, unwittandly, unwityngli, unwityngly, unwytyngeleche, unwytyngli, equivalent to unwitting + -ly or un- + wittingly.
- inherited from on-wytyngly
Definitions
In an unwitting manner
In an unwitting manner; inadvertently, obliviously, unintentionally, unknowingly.
- She realized to her horror that she had unwittingly helped those people she most despised.
- 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) […]
The neighborhood
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No curated loop yet for unwittingly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA