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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Unawares \Un`a*wares"\, adv
Without design or preparation; suddenly; without
premeditation, unexpectedly. ``Mercies lighting unawares.''
--J. H. Newman.
Lest unawares we lose This our high place our
sanctuary, our hill. --Milton.
{At unaware}, or {At unawares}, unexpectedly; by surprise.
He breaks at unawares upon our walks. --Dryden.
So we met In this old sleepy town an at unaware.
--R. Browning.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
unawares
adv 1: without forethought or plan inadvertently; "came upon the
diamond unawares"
2: suddenly and unexpectedly; "rain caught them unawares";
"sorrow comes to all and to the young it comes with
bittered agony because it takes them unawares"- A.Lincoln
3: at a disadvantage; "I was caught short" [syn: {short}]
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