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Definition of unwittingly adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

unwittingly

adverb
 
/ʌnˈwɪtɪŋli/
 
/ʌnˈwɪtɪŋli/
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  1. without being aware of what you are doing or the situation that you are involved in
    • She had broken the law unwittingly, but still she had broken it.
    opposite wittingly
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnwittingly is used with these verbs:
    • contribute
    • encourage
    • help
    • …
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