Meanings
comparative more unconsciously · superlative most unconsciously
- In an unconscious manner; unknowingly.
1 more example
Emily had thought she was accustomed to consider Lorraine attached to another; but that vague hope which lingers so unconsciously in the human heart, or not so much hope as uncertainty, that had as yet given no tangible shape to her rival, had ill prepared her to find that rival in her own familiar companion.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 246
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbwithout awareness
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From un- + consciously, and more rarely, from unconscious + -ly.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic لَاشُعُورِيًّا
- لَاشُعُورِيًّا (lāšuʕūriyyan)In an unconscious manner
Catalan inconscientment
- inconscientmentIn an unconscious manner
Esperanto senkonscie
- senkonscieIn an unconscious manner
Finnish tietämättään, tiedottomasti
- tietämättäänIn an unconscious manner
- tiedottomastiIn an unconscious manner
- tajuttomastiIn an unconscious manner
French inconsciemment
- inconsciemmentIn an unconscious manner
German unbewusst
- unbewusstIn an unconscious manner
Greek ασυνείδητα, υποσυνείδητα
- ασυνείδητα (asyneídita)In an unconscious manner
- υποσυνείδητα (yposyneídita)In an unconscious manner
Irish gan fhios
- gan fhiosIn an unconscious manner
Italian inconsciamente
- inconsciamenteIn an unconscious manner
Portuguese inconscientemente
- inconscientementeIn an unconscious manner
Russian бессознательно
- бессознательно (bessoznatelʹno)In an unconscious manner
Spanish inconscientemente
- inconscientementeIn an unconscious manner
Swedish omedvetet
- omedvetetIn an unconscious manner
Cite this entry
unconsciously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconsciously
“unconsciously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconsciously. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unconsciously,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconsciously.
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