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unawaredly

adverb
un·​awar·​ed·​ly | \ -wa(a)rə̇dlē, -wer-\

Definition of unawaredly

: without warning : unexpectedly his voice became unawaredly loud— H. D. Skidmore

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History and Etymology for unawaredly

obsolete English unawared, adjective, not forewarned (from English un- entry 1 + assumed obsolete English awared, past participle of assumed obsolete English aware, verb, to alert, from English aware, adjective) + English -ly

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