[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

unawares \un`awares"\, adv.
   without design or preparation; suddenly; without
   premeditation, unexpectedly. "mercies lighting unawares."
   --j. h. newman.
   1913 webster

         lest unawares we lose
         this our high place, our sanctuary, our hill. --milton.
   1913 webster

   at unaware, or at unawares, unexpectedly; by surprise.
      1913 webster

            he breaks at unawares upon our walks. --dryden.
      1913 webster

            so we met
            in this old sleepy town at unaware.   --r. browning.
      1913 webster
see also:
at unaware at unawares 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

unawares
     adv 1: without forethought or plan; inadvertently; "came upon the
            diamond unawares"
     2: suddenly and unexpectedly; "rain caught them unawares";
        "sorrow comes to all, and to the young it comes with
        bittered agony because it takes them unawares"- a.lincoln
     3: at a disadvantage; "i was caught short" syn: short
see also:
short 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

55 moby thesaurus words for "unawares":
   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

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