cluelessly

In blissful ignorance

In a manner showing complete unawareness or lack of understanding.

Someone who acts cluelessly fails to pick up on obvious signals or misses what everyone else sees: She cluelessly walked right past him without noticing.

The word often implies the person should have known better: He cluelessly kept talking about her ex.

unaware

obliviously

Without conscious awareness

unconsciously · unsuspectingly · inattentively · heedlessly · unmindfully · absent-mindedly · negligently · thoughtlessly · carelessly · mindlessly

naive

innocently

Without intent to harm

guilelessly · trustingly · gullibly · credulously · simplemindedly · unsophisticatedly · unworldly · childishly · greenly · wide-eyed

confused

bewilderedly

In puzzled manner

vacantly · confusedly · bemusedly · hazily · stumblingly · blunderingly

Opposites
awareness and perception

cluelesslyperceptively

With keen awareness

alertly · observantly · mindfully · attentively · keenly

knowledge and understanding

cluelesslyknowingly

With deliberate awareness

knowledgeably · understandingly · comprehendingly · wisely · intelligently

social perceptiveness

cluelesslyastutely

With sharp discernment

perceptively · tactfully · sensitively · discerningly · intuitively

Phrases
Family

clueless, cluelessness

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G