English-Thai Dictionary

unawares

ADV อย่าง ไม่ ตั้งใจ  unexpectedly predictably yang-mai-tang-jai

 

unawares

ADV อย่าง ไม่ รู้ตัว  off-guard surprisingly abruptly yang-mai-ru-tua

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UNAWARES

UNAWARES Un `a *wares ", adv

 

Defn:, Without design or preparation; suddenly; without premeditation, unexpectedly. "Mercies lighting unawares. " J. H. Newman. Lest unawares we lose This our high place, our sanctuary, our hill. Milton. At unaware, or At unawares, unexpectedly; by surprise. He breaks at unawares upon our walks. Dryden. So we met In this old sleepy town an at unaware. R. Browning.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

unawares

un a wares |ˌənəˈwe (ə )rz ˌənəˈwɛ (ə )rz |(also unaware ) ▶adverb without being aware of a situation: it will be flagged so that people don't stumble on it unawares. PHRASES catch (or take ) someone unawares take someone by surprise: this morning she caught me unawares before I'd had a single cup of coffee. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from unaware + -s 3 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

unawares

unawares |ʌnəˈwɛːz |(also unaware ) ▶adverb without being aware of a situation: the photographer had caught her unawares . ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from unaware + -s 3 .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

unawares

unawares adverb 1 brigands caught them unawares: by surprise, unexpectedly, without warning, suddenly, abruptly, unprepared, off-guard; informal with one's pants down, napping. ANTONYMS prepared. 2 the chipmunk, unawares, approached the waiting cat: unknowingly, unwittingly, unconsciously; unintentionally, inadvertently, accidentally, by mistake. ANTONYMS knowingly.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

unawares

unawares adverb 1 a party of brigands caught them unawares: by surprise, unexpectedly, without warning, suddenly, abruptly, unprepared, off-guard, cold; red-handed, in the act, in flagrante delicto; informal with one's trousers /pants down, napping, in flagrante; Brit. informal on the hop. ANTONYMS prepared. 2 a shoal of young roach approached the pike unawares: unknowingly, unwittingly, unconsciously, without noticing, in all innocence; unintentionally, inadvertently, accidentally, by accident, by mistake, mistakenly. ANTONYMS knowingly; deliberately.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

unawares

un a wares /ʌ̀nəwéə r z /副詞 1 気づかずに, うっかり ▸ do it unawares 知らずにそれをする 2 不意に, 思いがけず .t à ke [c à tch ] A unaw á res A 〈人 〉を驚かす, Aの不意を襲う ▸ Taken unawares by the sudden storm, we got very wet .不意にあらしに遭って私たちはびしょぬれになった