3
unawares(suddenly, unexpectedly, ignorantly, unwatchful, unanticipatedly)
3
by chance(expression, idiom, adverb, fortunately, luckily)
2
incidentally
1
aback(short, sudden, suddenly, unexpectedly, unawares)
1
abruptly(short, sudden, suddenly, unexpectedly, unawares)
1
accidental
1
by coincidence(adverb, fortunately, luckily)
1
by surprise(expression, short, sudden, suddenly, unexpectedly)
1
carelessly(short, sudden, suddenly, unexpectedly, unawares)
1
casually
1
coincidentally
1
fortuitously
1
haply
1
ignorantly(short, sudden, suddenly, unexpectedly, unawares)
1
inadvertently(adverb, short, sudden, suddenly, unexpectedly)
1
mistakenly(short, sudden, suddenly, unexpectedly, unawares)
1
off guard(expression, short, sudden, suddenly, unexpectedly)
1
perchance
1
short(sudden, suddenly, unexpectedly, unawares, ignorantly)
1
somehow
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