unwares

English

Etymology

From Old English unwæres, unwares, from unwær (“unware”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ʌnˈwɛːz/

Adverb

unwares (comparative more unwares, superlative most unwares)

  1. (now rare, archaic) Unexpectedly, suddenly.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
      Still as he went, he craftie stales did lay / With cunning traines him to entrap vnwares.

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