Unawares

Adverb

 * 1) unexpectedly or by surprise
 * 2) inadvertently
 * 3) without plan or forethought

Related terms

 * unaware adjective
 * unawarely

Thesaurus
aback, abruptly, accidentally, bang, by accident, by surprise, dash, guiltlessly, hastily, ignorantly, impetuously, implausibly, improbably, impulsively, inadvertently, innocently, insensibly, like a flash, like a thunderbolt, mistakenly, of a sudden, off base, on short notice, plop, plump, plunk, pop, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, sharp, short, slap, smack, startlingly, sudden, suddenly, surprisingly, unanticipatedly, unaware, unconsciously, unexpectedly, unforeseeably, unguiltily, unintentionally, unknowingly, unmindfully, unpredictably, unprepared, unready, unsuspectingly, unwittingly, without notice, without warning, witlessly