unbeknownst adv 1: without someone's knowledge; "unbeknownst to me, she made all the arrangements" [syn: {unbeknown}, {unbeknownst}] adj 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" [syn: {unbeknown(p)}, {unbeknownst(p)}]