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