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[ uhn-wit -ing-lee ] SHOW IPA
/ ʌnˈwɪt ɪŋ li / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adverb without meaning to; unintentionally: Users who visit infected websites could unwittingly download malware that steals information in their computers.
through ignorance; through lack of knowledge or awareness: A number of women have been unwittingly lured into this scheme by being told they were working on a very important project.
Origin of unwittingly unwitting + -ly
Words nearby unwittingly unwished, unwished-for, unwit, unwitnessed, unwitting, unwittingly , unwitty, unwonted, unworkable, unworldly, unworried
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Example sentences from the Web for unwittingly Unwittingly or not, modern feminism is leaving its disabled sisters out of the discussion.
#YesAllWomen, but Not Really: How Feminism Leaves the Disabled Behind | Elizabeth Heideman| November 24, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Sutherland had unwittingly purchased the paintings from a forger in California on eBay.
Why eBay Is an Art Forger’s Paradise | Lizzie Crocker| August 19, 2014| DAILY BEAST
At least they satirize entitlement instead of unwittingly enacting (and celebrating) it.
Zach Braff’s Irritating Sense of Entitlement | Andrew Romano| July 18, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The R is there to protect people like you and your wife from unwittingly attending adult movie fare.
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview | Alex Belth| February 16, 2014| DAILY BEAST
A December 1962 article in the Soviet newspaper Izvestia unwittingly pointed to what probably happened.
The Spy Who Saved The World—Then Tried To Destroy It | Jeremy Duns| November 3, 2013| DAILY BEAST
His book was judged libellous, for he had unwittingly aspersed the Queen in his attack upon the masques performed at Court.
A Book of the Play | Dutton Cook
She gains a mastery over your sterner nature by very contrast, and wins you unwittingly to her lightest wish.
Dream Life | Donald G. Mitchell
Fred had unwittingly come upon the vital clue to the two disappearances.
Ye of Little Faith | Roger Phillips Graham
He even looked pained; and Ida, conscious that she had unwittingly touched a sore spot, took up the strain Mr. Truman had broken.
In digging down to find an excuse for fighting George the Third, they unwittingly undermined the church.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) | Robert G. Ingersoll
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Words related to unwittingly accidentally, unintentionally, unconsciously, unawarely