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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Unawares \Un'a*wares"\, adverb Without design or preparation; suddenly; without premeditation, unexpectedly. ''Mercies lighting unawares.'' --J. H. Newman.
Lest unawares we lose This our high place, our sanctuary, our hill. --Milton.
{At unaware}, or {At unawares}, unexpectedly; by surprise.
He breaks at unawares upon our walks. --Dryden.
So we met In this old sleepy town an at unaware. --R. Browning.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
unawares
adverb
1: without forethought or plan; inadvertently; "came upon the diamond unawares"
2: 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: at a disadvantage; "I was caught short" [syn: {short}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "unawares": aback, abruptly, accidentally, bang, by accident, by surprise, dash, guiltlessly, hastily, ignorantly, impetuously, implausibly, improbably, impulsively, inadvertently, innocently, insensibly, like a flash, like a thunderbolt, mistakenly, of a sudden, off base, on short notice, plop, plump, plunk, pop, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, sharp, short, slap, smack, startlingly, sudden, suddenly, surprisingly, unanticipatedly, unaware, unconsciously, unexpectedly, unforeseeably, unguiltily, unintentionally, unknowingly, unmindfully, unpredictably, unprepared, unready, unsuspectingly, unwittingly, without notice, without warning, witlessly
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