unknowingly
In blissful ignorance
Without awareness or knowledge of what one is doing or what is happening.
Someone who unknowingly breaks a rule didn't realize the rule existed.
She had unknowingly been drinking decaf all morning.
The word often mitigates responsibility—you can't be blamed for what you didn't know.
Without deliberate intent
- inadvertentlyWithout conscious intention
- unwittinglyWithout awareness or intention
- accidentallyWithout intent or design
- mistakenlyIn an incorrect manner
unplanned · unpremeditated · unintended · oversight · error · blunder · misstep · slip
Lacking knowledge of something
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- uninformedLacking necessary knowledge
- cluelessLacking any understanding
- naiveInnocently unsuspecting
blind · unenlightened · ignorant · unsuspecting · unfamiliar · uneducated · uninitiated · unacquainted
Without experience or cynicism
- unsuspectinglyWithout anticipating trouble
- trustinglyWith naive belief
- guilelessFree from deceit
- artlesslyWithout cunning or pretense
ingenuously · unworldly · childlike · credulously · gullibly · simply · blamelessly · faultlessly
Without deliberate awareness
- automaticallyWithout manual control
- instinctivelyBy innate impulse
- involuntarilyWithout deliberate intent
- mechanicallyDone by machine action
unthinkingly · reflexively · habitually · absentmindedly · mindlessly · impulsively · unreflectively · spontaneously
unintentionally
Without deliberate intent
- inadvertentlyWithout conscious intention
- unwittinglyWithout awareness or intention
- accidentallyWithout intent or design
mistakenly · unplanned · unpremeditated · unintended · oversight · error · blunder · misstep · slip · gaffe
unaware
Lacking knowledge of something
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- uninformedLacking necessary knowledge
- cluelessLacking any understanding
naive · blind · unenlightened · ignorant · unsuspecting · unfamiliar · uneducated · uninitiated · unacquainted · inexperienced
naively
Without experience or cynicism
- unsuspectinglyWithout anticipating trouble
- trustinglyWith naive belief
- guilelessFree from deceit
artlessly · ingenuously · unworldly · childlike · credulously · gullibly · simply · blamelessly · faultlessly
subconsciously
Without deliberate awareness
- automaticallyWithout manual control
- instinctivelyBy innate impulse
- involuntarilyWithout deliberate intent
mechanically · unthinkingly · reflexively · habitually · absentmindedly · mindlessly · impulsively · unreflectively · spontaneously · innately
- mental adverbsmentally, cognitively, consciously, unconsciously, subconsciously
- unintentionallyaccidentally, unintentionally, inadvertently, unwittingly, by accident
unknowinglyknowingly
With deliberate awareness
wittingly · consciously · mindfully · cognizantly · aware
unknowinglydeliberately
Done with intention
intentionally · purposely · on purpose · willfully · by design