† 1. = UNWARELY adv. 2. Obs.
1568. Grafton, Chron., II. 94. King Richard … drue him toward Aubeuyle…, and fell vpon the Frenchmen vnwarily.
1593. Shaks., John, V. vii. 63. The best part of my powre … Were in the Washes all vnwarily, Deuoured by the vnexpected flood.
2. Incautiously, imprudently; inadvertently.
1580. Hollyband, Treas. Fr. Tong, s.v. Bric, When a word vnwarilie spoken, is taken for a confession.
1594. Spenser, Amoretti, xvi. One day as I vnwarily did gaze On those fayre eyes.
1634. Sir T. Herbert, Trav., 213. One speckled fish the Seamen fed vpon vnwarily.
1670. Clarendon, Contempl. Ps., Tracts (1727), 382. Being unwarily ensnared by the vanities and levities of the world.
1712. Addison, Spect., No. 435, ¶ 5. Any little Extravagance into which they are sometimes unwarily fallen.
1758. Johnson, Idler, No. 12, ¶ 1. We all either voluntarily or unwarily at least once an hour confess the truth.
1822. W. Irving, Braceb. Hall, xvi. She had unwarily approached too near the bank.
1891. Law Times, XCI. 32/1. Pointing out the pitfalls into which they unwarily fall.
