From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inadvertent \In'ad*vert"ent\, adjective [Cf. F. inadvertant. See 2d {In-}, and {Advert}.] Not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive.
An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path. --Cowper. -- {In'ad*vert"ent*ly}, adverb
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
inadvertently
adverb: without knowledge or intention; "he unwittingly deleted the references" [syn: {unwittingly}, {unknowingly}] [ant: {mindfully}, {wittingly}, {wittingly}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "inadvertently": carelessly, heedlessly, inconsiderately, indeliberately, involuntarily, lightly, negligently, permissively, remissly, scampingly, skimpingly, slightingly, slurringly, thoughtlessly, unadvisedly, uncalculatedly, undesignedly, unintentionally, unpremeditatedly, unreasoningly, unrigorously, unthinkingly, unthoughtfully, without premeditation, without willing
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