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 Definitions of unawares  [ˌʌn əˈwɛərz]  

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Definition of 'unawares' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adv.) unawares
unknowingly or inadvertently.

2.  unawares
without warning; unexpectedly:
to find someone unawares.

Etymology:  (1525–35)

Definition of 'unawares' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adverb) unawares
without forethought or plan; inadvertently
"came upon the diamond unawares"

2. (adverb) unawares
suddenly and unexpectedly
"rain caught them unawares"; "sorrow comes to all, and to the young it comes with bittered agony because it takes them unawares"- A.Lincoln

3. (adverb) short, unawares
at a disadvantage
"I was caught short"


Definition of 'unawares' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adverb) unawares
without design or preparation; suddenly; without premeditation, unexpectedly



'unawares' - Nearby Entries  

unawakened  unaware  unawareness  unawares  unawed  unbacked  unbaffled  



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