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Suddenly vs Unwares - What's the difference?

suddenly | unwares |

As adverbs the difference between suddenly and unwares

is that suddenly is happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner while unwares is unexpectedly, suddenly.

suddenly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner.
    • Suddenly , the heavens opened and we all got drenched.
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    • Synonyms

    * all of a sudden * without warning

    Antonyms

    * unsuddenly

    Related terms

    * sudden

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    unwares

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Unexpectedly, suddenly.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.i:
    • Still as he went, he craftie stales did lay / With cunning traines him to entrap vnwares .