unknowingly

English

Etymology

From unknowing +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈnəʊ.ɪŋ.li/

Adverb

unknowingly (not comparable)

1. Without awareness, without intent.
   • 2012, Albert J. Marcella, Cyber Forensics, page 116:

     An endianness difference can cause problems if a computer unknowingly tries to read binary data written in the opposite format from a shared memory location or file.

Synonyms

• unwittingly

Antonyms

• knowingly

Translations

without awareness, without intent

Arabic: بِغَيْرِ عِلْم (biḡayri ʕilm) Dutch: zonder het zelf te weten, onbewust (nl) Finnish: tietämättään French: sans le savoir, inconsciemment (fr), sans s'en rendre compte German: unbewusst (de) Irish: gan fhios Polish: bezwiednie (pl) Russian: бессозна́тельно (ru) (bessoznátelʹno) Scottish Gaelic: gun fhiosta