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unwarily adverb formal or literaryuk /ʌnˈweə.rəl.i/ us /ʌnˈwer.əl.i/ in a way that shows someone is not careful about possible risks and dangers: Personal information that is unwarily spoken over the phone can be recorded, stolen, and used. Plants that are unwarily exposed can be damaged by the lingering frost. If anyone unwarily draws in too close and hears the singing of the Sirens, his wife and children will never welcome him home again. She stared along the alley at the two men who were standing unwarily outlined in the glow of a streetlight. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Not paying attention absent absent-minded absent-mindedly absent-mindedness absently drop/lower your guardidiom escape someone's notice faraway glazed gnat like a bull in a china shopidiom merrily misfocus moment moony sideline unheeding unmindful unwary zone out
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