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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Unawares \Un`a*wares"\, adv.
     Without design or preparation; suddenly; without
     premeditation, unexpectedly. ``Mercies lighting unawares.''
     --J. H. Newman.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Lest unawares we lose
           This our high place, our sanctuary, our hill. --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     At unaware, or At unawares, unexpectedly; by surprise.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He breaks at unawares upon our walks. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              So we met
              In this old sleepy town an at unaware. --R.
                                                    Browning.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Unawares \Un`a*wares"\, adv.
     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
       adv 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 Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  unawares
     Αγγλικά adv.
     1 απρόσμενα, αναπάντεχα
     2 στα πράσα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  unawares
     adv.
     1 unexpectedly or by surprise.
     2 inadvertently.
     3 without plan or forethought.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  unawares
     adv.
     1 unexpectedly or by surprise.
     2 inadvertently.
     3 without plan or forethought.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  unawares
     adv.
     1 unexpectedly or by surprise.
     2 inadvertently.
     3 without plan or forethought.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  unawares
     adv.
     1 unexpectedly or by surprise.
     2 inadvertently.
     3 without plan or forethought.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  unawares
     Englanti adv.
     täysin yllättäen, ehtimättä tajuta ja reagoida

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Unawares /ˌʌnəwˈeəz/
  على غير توقع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  unawares //ˌʌnəˈwɛə(ɹ)z// 
  1. ненадейно, неочаквано
  unexpectedly or by surprise
  2. неумишлено
  without plan or forethought

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  unawares /ˌʌnəwˈeəz/ 
  nevědomky

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  unawares /ˌʌnəwˈeəz/
  unversehens, unerwarteterweise 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  unawares /ˌʌnəwˈeəz/
  
  εξαπίνης

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  unawares //ˌʌnəˈwɛə(ɹ)z// 
  1. yllättäen
  unexpectedly or by surprise
  2. miettimättä
  without plan or forethought

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  unawares /ˌʌnəwˈeəz/ 
  1. अकस्मात्
        "Pakistan's firing at Kargil took the Indian Army unawares."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  unawares /ˌʌnəwˈeəz/
  nehotice, nenadano, nenamjerno, neočekivano, pomutnjom

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  unawares /ˌʌnəwˈeəz/
  1. rajtaütésszerûen
  2. akaratlanul
  3. észrevétlenül
  4. véletlenül
  5. nem szándékosan
  6. váratlanul
  7. önkéntelenül

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  unawares /ˌʌnə'wɜəz/
  1. nelauktai, netikėtai, staiga
  2. netyčia, iš netyčių

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  unawares /ˌʌnəˈweəz/
    catch/take sb unawares ([ catch V: | take V: ] NPRO :unawares)
   - zastawać kogoś nieprzygotowanym

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  unawares /ˌʌnəwˈeəz/
  1. hazırlıksız olarak, evvelden düşünmeden
  2. beklenmedik bir anda, gafil avlayarak.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˌənəˈwɛɹz/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  ad. 没想到,不料,不知不觉地;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     ad. 无意中,出其不意地,突然

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