unintentionally

unintentionally

English

Etymology

From unintentional +‎ -ly.

Adverb

unintentionally (comparative more unintentionally, superlative most unintentionally)

1. In an unintentional manner; not intentionally.
   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1st edition, volume II, chapter V, page 132

     "Oh, no! Mason will not defy me; nor knowing it, will he hurt me—but, unintentionally, he might in a moment, by one careless word, deprive me, if not of life, yet for ever of happiness."

Antonyms

• intentionally

Translations

in an unintentional manner

Catalan: involuntàriament Dutch: onbedoeld (nl) Finnish: sattumalta (fi), vahingossa (fi), epähuomiossa, erehdyksessä, huomaamatta French: involontairement (fr), inintentionnellement (fr) Galician: sen querer, involuntariamente German: unabsichtlich (de), unbeabsichtigt (de), ungewollt (de), unfreiwillig (de)

Greek: άθελα (el) (áthela) Italian: involontariamente (it) Portuguese: sem querer, involuntariamente (pt), despropositadamente Russian: непреднаме́ренно (ru) (neprednamérenno), неумы́шленно (ru) (neumýšlenno) Spanish: sin querer (es), involuntariamente (es)