Meaning of unbeknown

Definition of unbeknown

(adj) (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"
(adv) without someone's knowledge; "unbeknownst to me, she made all the arrangements"

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