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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unknowingly en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ʌnˈnəʊ.ɪŋ.li/

Etymology

Etymology tree English unknowing Middle English -ly English -ly English unknowingly From unknowing + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Without awareness, without intent.
    • 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. 2012, Albert J. Marcella, Cyber Forensics, page 116:

Antonyms

knowingly

Synonyms

unwittingly

Translations (12)

fr sans le savoir (without awareness, without intent) · pl bezwiednie (without awareness, without intent) · gd gun fhiosta (without awareness, without intent) · ar بِغَيْرِ عِلْم (without awareness, without intent) · ru бессозна́тельно (without awareness, without intent) · fi tietämättään (without awareness, without intent) · fr sans s'en rendre compte (without awareness, without intent) · ga gan fhios (without awareness, without intent) · nl onbewust (without awareness, without intent) · de unbewusst (without awareness, without intent) · nl zonder het zelf te weten (without awareness, without intent) · fr inconsciemment (without awareness, without intent)