unwarily
Example Sentences
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Seems Meyer had unwarily confided in Ovitz that he absolutely coveted the property, only to learn two days later that Ovitz had snapped it up.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two Blue destroyers and a minelayer unwarily came within range of the land batteries, and one of them was sunk.
From Time Magazine Archive
Evangelist Billy Graham was unwarily inspecting his flock of three sheep near his North Carolina mountain home.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ceiling leaks plaster, the walls are held upright by a huge wall divider, and one can step unwarily on a rug, as Eugene does, and sink a foot or so through the rotting floorboards.
From Time Magazine Archive
When something delicious-smelling ran unwarily past him, he found he had pounced on it and pinned it down without thought.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
