What does unknowingly mean?
Definitions for unknowingly
un·know·ing·ly
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word unknowingly.
Princeton's WordNet
unwittingly, inadvertently, unknowinglyadverb
without knowledge or intention
"he unwittingly deleted the references"
Wiktionary
unknowinglyadverb
Without awareness, without intent.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Unknowinglyadverb
Ignorantly; without knowledge.
The beauty I behold has struck me dead:
Unknowingly she strikes, and kills by chance. Dryden.They are like the Syrians, who were first smitten with blindness, and unknowingly led out of their way, into the capital of their enemy’s country. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.
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unknowingly
Unknowingly refers to the state of being unaware or without knowledge or conscious intent. It is used to describe actions or behavior performed without realizing or without conscious knowledge of the consequences or underlying facts.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unknowingly in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unknowingly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of unknowingly in a Sentence
Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer:
The identification of these variants and the news of spreading variants from across the globe highlights the need for L.A. County residents to continue to take measures to protect themselves and others, this is particularly true for those who are not vaccinated and who can end up unknowingly being incubators of variants of concern.
When we help others to live peacefully, our life unknowingly becomes peaceful.
Technology dictates how people live their life, we become TechPally either knowingly or unknowingly. It does not matter whether we're for it or against it, it has ruled the world we live.
The vice president was unknowingly making false statements to the public and... we believed that General Flynn was compromised with respect to The Russians, we felt like the vice president and others were entitled to know that the information that they were conveying to the American people wasn't true.
Every person is fighting an internal battle today, but when we choose to be Joyful, knowingly or unknowingly we are spreading happiness in this world!
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