adv. [UN-1 11.] Without suspicion.
1656. Jer. Taylor, Deus Justif., Pref. 3. It became almost a shame to examine what the world believed so unsuspectingly.
1787. A. Hilditch, Rosa, II. 44. He waited patiently and unsuspectingly her return.
1798. Lit. Mem. Living Authors, II. 162. Those talents which he had unsuspectingly cultivated in the groves of the academy.
1818. Lady Morgan, Autobiog. (1859), 94. One of those charming causeries with the general, to which he unsuspectingly lent himself.
1883. D. C. Murray, Hearts, viii. For a moment she felt as a swimmer feels when he floats unsuspectingly into a sudden, powerful eddy.
