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# unintentionally

adverb (unintentionally)

«unintentionally» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

If you do something unintentionally, you do it by accident, not on purpose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unintentionally/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories a hero hurts someone without meaning to, and then says sorry or asks to be forgiven

### Examples

- I broke the vase unintentionally when I reached for the ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unintentionally/#x1)
- He said sorry because he had unintentionally hurt her feelings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unintentionally/#x2)
- The cat unintentionally knocked the milk over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unintentionally/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unintentionally» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unintentionally/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unintentionally» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unintentionally.html) on Mova free.