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unawares

un·a·wares [ ùnnə wérz ]


adverb 
Definition:
 
1. unexpectedly: without any warning or anticipation
His question caught me unawares.
You took me completely unawares.

2. without intending to: without planning or intending to do something
He took the wrong coat, unawares.

[Mid-16th century. <unaware + -s, adverbial suffix]
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