unwarily

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William Henry Cardinal O'Connell, Archbishop of Boston, last week gave decisive publication to his wrath against certain English hymns which Roman Catholics have unwarily allowed into their funeral services.

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The ceiling leaks plaster, the walls are held upright by a huge wall divider, and one can step unwarily on a rug, as Eugene does, and sink a foot or so through the rotting floorboards.

From Time Magazine Archive

When something delicious-smelling ran unwarily past him, he found he had pounced on it and pinned it down without thought.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks