unsuspectinglyadv.
/ˌʌnsəˈspɛktɪŋli/, U.S. /ˌənsəˈspɛktɪŋli/ Without suspicion.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > [adverb] > without question
suspectlessly1599
unquestionedly1644
implicitly1650
unsuspectingly1656
unquestioningly1677
unsuspiciouslya1812
questionlessly1865
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
1656 Bp. J. Taylor Deus Justificatus Pref. 3 It became almost a shame to examine what the world believed so unsuspectingly.
1787 A. Hilditch Rosa de Montmorien II. 44 He waited patiently and unsuspectingly her return.
1798 D. Rivers Lit. Mem. Living Authors II. 162 Those talents which he had unsuspectingly cultivated in the groves of the academy.
1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 94 One of those charming causeries with the general, to which he unsuspectingly lent himself.
1883 D. C. Murray Hearts viii For a moment she felt as a swimmer feels when he floats unsuspectingly into a sudden, powerful eddy.
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