Dictionary

unintentionally en · ADV

Etymology

From unintentional + -ly or un- + intentionally.

Meanings

1. Without meaning to, in an unintentional manner, not intentionally.
   • And, even if you do not unintentionally overstore your markets, over-expansion by your competitors will produce similar effects. 1990, Challenges for the Convenience Store Industry in the 1990s, page 175:
   • "Oh, no! Mason will not defy me; nor knowing it, will he hurt me—but, unintentionally, he might in a moment, by one careless word, deprive me, if not of life, yet for ever of happiness." 1847, Charlotte Brontë, chapter V, in Jane Eyre, 1st edition, volume II, page 132:

Forms

Antonyms

intentionally

Synonyms

unintendingly · unintendedly · inadvertently · accidentally · unwittingly

Translations (37)

pt sem querer (in an unintentional manner) · tr istemeden (in an unintentional manner) · fr inintentionnellement (in an unintentional manner) · ca involuntàriament (in an unintentional manner) · lt netyčia (in an unintentional manner) · fi huomaamatta (in an unintentional manner) · pt involuntariamente (in an unintentional manner) · uk ненавми́сно (in an unintentional manner) · nl onbedoeld (in an unintentional manner) · gl involuntariamente (in an unintentional manner) · vi vô ý (in an unintentional manner) · uk ненавми́сне (in an unintentional manner) · es involuntariamente (in an unintentional manner) · es sin querer (in an unintentional manner) · de unfreiwillig (in an unintentional manner) · fr involontairement (in an unintentional manner) · fi erehdyksessä (in an unintentional manner) · gl sen querer (in an unintentional manner) · it involontariamente (in an unintentional manner) · tr istemsizce (in an unintentional manner) · tr yanlışlıkla (in an unintentional manner) · ajp عفوًا (in an unintentional manner) · ru неумы́шленно (in an unintentional manner) · ru непреднаме́ренно (in an unintentional manner) · es no intencionadamente (in an unintentional manner) · el άθελα (in an unintentional manner) · de ungewollt (in an unintentional manner) · es inintencionalmente (in an unintentional manner) · pl nieumyślnie (in an unintentional manner) · fi vahingossa (in an unintentional manner) · ka უნებლიეთ (in an unintentional manner) · pt despropositadamente (in an unintentional manner) · fi epähuomiossa (in an unintentional manner) · de unabsichtlich (in an unintentional manner) · fi sattumalta (in an unintentional manner) · ar عَنْ غَفْلَةٍ (in an unintentional manner) · de unbeabsichtigt (in an unintentional manner)