unwittingly

adv

Etymology: From Middle English on-wytyngly, un-wetandly, unweteynglye, unwetinglie, un-wetinglye, unwetyngly, unwitandly, unwitendely, unwitingly, unwittandly, unwityngli, unwityngly, unwytyngeleche, unwytyngli, equivalent to unwitting + -ly or un- + wittingly.

1. In an unwitting manner; inadvertently, obliviously, unintentionally, unknowingly.

   “She realized to her horror that she had unwittingly helped those people she most despised.”

   “This morning, / Paprs of State he ſent me, to peruſe / As I required: and wot you what I found / There (on my Conſcience put vnwittingly) […]”