unintentionally
unintentionally adverb: without meaning to, in an unintentional manner, not intentionally.
Adverb
unintentionally (comparative more unintentionally, superlative most unintentionally)
- Without meaning to, in an unintentional manner, not intentionally.
- "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."1847, Charlotte Brontë, chapter V, in Jane Eyre, 1st edition, volume II, page 132
- And, even if you do not unintentionally overstore your markets, over-expansion by your competitors will produce similar effects.1990, Challenges for the Convenience Store Industry in the 1990s, page 175
- Synonyms:
- accidentally, unwittingly, inadvertently, unintendedly, unintendingly
- Antonyms:
- intentionally
unintentionally meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
unintentionally in Marathi
- अनवधानाने
unintentionally in Urdu
- unintentionally
- بے خبر be-xabar
unintentionally in Bengali
- অনিচ্ছাকৃতভাবে
unintentionally in Telugu
- అనాలోచితంగా
More languagesFewer languages
- unintentionally in Malayalam
- ചുമ്മാ cummā
- unintentionally in Odia
- ଅନିଚ୍ଛାକୃତ ଭାବେ, ଅନିଚ୍ଛାକୃତ ଭାବରେ
- unintentionally in Arabic
- عَنْ غَفْلَةٍ ʕan ḡaflatin
- unintentionally in Vietnamese
- vô ý
Synonyms of unintentionally
Antonyms
Forms of unintentionally
| comparative | more unintentionally |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unintentionally |
Origin of unintentionally
From unintentional + -ly or un- + intentionally.
Questions about unintentionally
- What does unintentionally mean?
- Unintentionally means without meaning to, in an unintentional manner, not intentionally.
- What is unintentionally in Marathi?
- Unintentionally in Marathi is अनवधानाने. See Unintentionally meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is unintentionally?
- Unintentionally is an adverb.
Words near unintentionally in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unintentionally (page history and authors); unintentionally (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); بے خبر (Urdu) (page history and authors); unintentionally (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unintentionally (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ചുമ്മാ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); unintentionally (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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