What is the meaning of unbeknown?

adjective

  • Usually used with `to'. ( occurring or existing without the knowledge of)
    • usage: "a crisis unbeknown to me"; "she had been ill for months, unbeknownst to the family"

adverb

  • Without someone's knowledge.
    • usage: "unbeknownst to me, she made all the arrangements"
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