ignorantly
In unaware fashion
Ignorantly means without knowledge or awareness of something.
It describes acting from lack of information rather than malice: I ignorantly assumed everyone celebrated Christmas.
The word can also suggest willful disregard for facts: He ignorantly dismissed the scientific consensus.
Unlike stupidly, ignorantly implies the gap could be filled with education.
Without conscious awareness
- unwittinglyWithout awareness or intention
- unknowinglyWithout being aware
- unconsciouslyWithout being aware
- unsuspectinglyWithout anticipating trouble
unawares · blindly · cluelessly · nescient · uncomprehendingly · insensibly · unmindfully · unseeingly
Without care or reflection
- heedlesslyWithout paying attention
- recklesslyActing without regard for danger
- negligentlyWith culpable inattention
- rashlyWithout careful thought
imprudently · inconsiderately · unthinkingly · unmindfully · inattentively · carelessly · sloppily · hastily
Without intent to harm
- guilelessFree from deceit
- artlesslyWithout cunning or pretense
- ingenuouslyWith innocent openness
- simplyIn plain terms
gullibly · credulously · trustingly · childlike · unsophisticatedly · unworldly · greenly
With rigid thinking
- intolerantlyWithout accepting differences
- dogmaticallyWith inflexible conviction
- parochiallyIn a narrow-minded way
- provinciallyIn a regional manner
smugly · presumptuously · arrogantly · dismissively · contemptuously
Without reading ability
- uncultivatedNot tended or planted
- unpolishedLacking finish or refinement
- unrefinedNot processed or polished
- boorishlyIn an uncivilized manner
obliviously
Without conscious awareness
- unwittinglyWithout awareness or intention
- unknowinglyWithout being aware
- unconsciouslyWithout being aware
unsuspectingly · unawares · blindly · cluelessly · nescient · uncomprehendingly · insensibly · unmindfully · unseeingly
thoughtlessly
Without care or reflection
- heedlesslyWithout paying attention
- recklesslyActing without regard for danger
- negligentlyWith culpable inattention
rashly · imprudently · inconsiderately · unthinkingly · unmindfully · inattentively · carelessly · sloppily · hastily · impetuously
innocently
Without intent to harm
- guilelessFree from deceit
- artlesslyWithout cunning or pretense
- ingenuouslyWith innocent openness
simply · gullibly · credulously · trustingly · childlike · unsophisticatedly · unworldly · greenly
narrow-mindedly
With rigid thinking
- intolerantlyWithout accepting differences
- dogmaticallyWith inflexible conviction
- parochiallyIn a narrow-minded way
provincially · smugly · presumptuously · arrogantly · dismissively · contemptuously
illiterately
Without reading ability
- uncultivatedNot tended or planted
- unpolishedLacking finish or refinement
- unrefinedNot processed or polished
ignorantlyknowledgeably
With demonstrated expertise
knowingly · learnedly · intelligently · wisely · eruditely
ignorantlyconsciously
With deliberate awareness
deliberately · intentionally · knowingly · wittingly · advisedly
ignorantlyastutely
With sharp discernment
shrewdly · sagaciously · perceptively · discerningly · judiciously