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UNAWARES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

At a disadvantage

Example:

I was caught short

Synonyms:

short; unawares

Classified under:

Adverbs

Sense 2

Meaning:

Suddenly and unexpectedly

Example:

sorrow comes to all, and to the young it comes with bittered agony because it takes them unawares

Classified under:

Adverbs

Sense 3

Meaning:

Without forethought or plan; inadvertently

Example:

came upon the diamond unawares

Classified under:

Adverbs

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 Context examples: 

And they stole away out of the palace by night unawares, and seated themselves on the griffin, who flew back with them over the Red Sea.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)