unsuspectedlyadv.
/ˌʌnsəˈspɛktᵻdli/, U.S. /ˌənsəˈspɛktədli/ 1.
a. Without being suspected.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [adverb]
his unwares1468
unwaresc1510
unbeknown to1636
unsuspectedly1645
unknowingly1660
unbeknownst1848
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > [adverb]
creepingly1548
unsuspectedly1645
soft-footedly1834
on (formerly upon) the prowl1836
inconspicuously1893
1645 W. Jenkyn Stil-destroyer 44 Poyson is..given..under the notion of good food.., and so it is taken unsuspectedly.
1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. 267 The subtle murtherers do as unsuspectedly as fatally, execute their malice or revenge.
1695 D. Turner Apologia Chyrurg. 24 That he the more unsuspectedly may carry on his Cheats.
1720 D. Manley Power of Love ii. 156 Caton understood no Geography but what had been taught her..in the Country of Love, whence Fauxgarde might unsuspectedly betray her to his wish.
1808 H. More Cœlebs in Search of Wife I. xiii. 172 Till he has unsuspectedly landed his opponent in the pure ethics of the gospel.
b. Beyond suspicion; evidently.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > evident certainty > [adverb]
couthlyc900
yareOE
witterlyc1175
apertlyc1315
in (also on) opena1382
apodictically1615
demonstratedly1670
unsuspectedly1748
unsuspiciouslya1812
distinctly1858
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. iv. 30 Grief so unsuspectably sincere for an escape so critical!
2. Unsuspectingly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adverb] > in ignorance, unknowingly
unknowingly1340
unknowinga1382
unwarec1386
unwittinglya1425
unbewares1483
unknownly1495
unawares1535
unaware1593
at unawares1596
unsuspectingly1798
unsuspectedly1826
uncognizantly1843
1826 P. Pounden France & Italy 177 The Jews..unsuspectedly bear in their hands the prophetic records.
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