What does unwarily mean?
Unwarily means In an unwary manner..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In an unwary manner..
One day as I vnvvarily did gaze / on thoſe fayre eyes my loues immortall light: / the vvhiles my ſtoniſht hart ſtood in amaze, / through ſvveet illuſion of her lookes delight.
For in a night the best part of my power, / As I upon advantage did remove, / Were in the Washes all unwarily / Devoured by the unexpected flood.
Not that licence and levity and unconsented breach of faith should herein be countnanc’t, but that some conscionable, and tender pitty might be had of those who have unwarily in a thing they never practiz’d before, made themselves the bondmen of a luckles and helples matrimony.
Th' Ambitious Youth, too Covetous of Fame, / Too full of Angells Metal in his Frame, / Unvvarily vvas led from Vertues vvays, / Made Drunk vvith Honour, and Debauch'd vvith Praiſe.
[T]he rest of the morning was easily whiled away, […] in dawdling through the green-house, where the loss of her favourite plants, unwarily exposed, and nipped by the lingering frost, raised the laughter of Charlotte […]
Use unwarily when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unwarily means In an unwary manner..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include warily.
One day as I vnvvarily did gaze / on thoſe fayre eyes my loues immortall light: / the vvhiles my ſtoniſht hart ſtood in amaze, / through ſvveet illuſion of her lookes delight.
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