Unbeknownst Definition & Meaning

unbeknownst
adverb
  1. without someone's knowledge; "unbeknownst to me, she made all the arrangements"
adjective
  1. (usually used with `to') occurring or existing without the knowledge of; "a crisis unbeknown to me"; "she had been ill for months, unbeknownst to the family"

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