unbeknownst
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]c. 1636: probably from unbeknown + -st
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]unbeknownst (not comparable)
- (followed by to) without the knowledge of
- He went home early, unbeknownst to his mother.
- 2017 August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
- Theon’s redemption scene convincingly threatens to kill him right there on the beaches of Dragonstone, dying for a good cause unbeknownst to anyone but the rapscallions who watched him die, but at last it swerves into something genuinely heroic.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Without the knowledge of
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