unconsciously

From un- +‎ consciously, and more rarely, from unconscious +‎ -ly.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəsli/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌʌnˈkɒnʃəsli/
• Hyphenation: un‧con‧scious‧ly

unconsciously (comparative more unconsciously, superlative most unconsciously)

1. In an unconscious manner; unknowingly
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 246:

     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.

• consciously