"unintentionally" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more unintentionally [comparative], most unintentionally [superlative]
Etymology: From unintentional + -ly or un- + intentionally. Etymology templates: {{af|en|unintentional|-ly|id2=adverbial}} unintentional + -ly, {{af|en|un-|intentionally|id1=negative}} un- + intentionally Head templates: {{en-adv}} unintentionally (comparative more unintentionally, superlative most unintentionally)
  1. Without meaning to, in an unintentional manner, not intentionally. Synonyms: accidentally, unwittingly, inadvertently Translations (in an unintentional manner): عفوًا (ʕafwan) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), involuntàriament (Catalan), onbedoeld (Dutch), sattumalta (Finnish), vahingossa (Finnish), epähuomiossa (Finnish), erehdyksessä (Finnish), huomaamatta (Finnish), involontairement (French), inintentionnellement (French), sen querer (Galician), involuntariamente (Galician), unabsichtlich (German), unbeabsichtigt (German), ungewollt (German), unfreiwillig (German), άθελα (áthela) (Greek), involontariamente (Italian), netyčia (Lithuanian), nieumyślnie (Polish), sem querer (Portuguese), involuntariamente (Portuguese), despropositadamente (Portuguese), непреднаме́ренно (neprednamérenno) (Russian), неумы́шленно (neumýšlenno) (Russian), sin querer (Spanish), involuntariamente (Spanish), inintencionalmente (Spanish), non intencionadamente (Spanish), istemeden (Turkish), istemsizce (Turkish), yanlışlıkla (Turkish), ненавми́сне (nenavmýsne) (Ukrainian), ненавми́сно (nenavmýsno) (Ukrainian), vô ý (Vietnamese)
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          "sense": "in an unintentional manner",
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