unwarily

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On the morning of May 10, 1940, the scrubbed, immaculate city of Bandung, on a Java plateau, seemed unwarily peaceful.

From Time Magazine Archive

No Hercules in any sense, William Dudley Pelley might well have felt last week that he had unwarily donned the shirt of Nessus.

From Time Magazine Archive

Seems Meyer had unwarily confided in Ovitz that he absolutely coveted the property, only to learn two days later that Ovitz had snapped it up.

From Time Magazine Archive

Evangelist Billy Graham was unwarily inspecting his flock of three sheep near his North Carolina mountain home.

From Time Magazine Archive

Those who listened unwarily to that voice could seldom report the words that they heard; and if they did, they wondered, for little power remained in them.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien