Unawares

(adv.) Without design or preparation; suddenly; without premeditation, unexpectedly.

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aback, abruptly, accidentally, bang, by accident, by surprise, dash, guiltlessly, hastily, ignorantly, impetuously, implausibly, improbably, impulsively, inadvertently, innocently, insensibly, like a flash, like a thunderbolt, mistakenly, of a sudden, off base, on short notice, plop, plump, plunk, pop, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, sharp, short, slap, smack, startlingly, sudden, suddenly, surprisingly, unanticipatedly, unaware, unconsciously, unexpectedly, unforeseeably, unguiltily, unintentionally, unknowingly, unmindfully, unpredictably, unprepared, unready, unsuspectingly, unwittingly, without notice, without warning, witlessly