unintentionally

English

Etymology

From unintentional +‎ -ly.

Adverb

unintentionally (comparative more unintentionally, superlative most unintentionally)

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)

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