Definition of Knowingly

1. Adverb. With full knowledge and deliberation. "He wittingly deleted the references"

Exact synonyms: Wittingly
Partainyms: Knowing, Witting
Antonyms: Unknowingly, Unwittingly

Definition of Knowingly

1. adv. With knowledge; in a knowing manner; intelligently; consciously; deliberately; as, he would not knowingly offend.

Definition of Knowingly

1. Adverb. In the manner of one who knows. ¹

2. Adverb. With knowledge of all relevant facts. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Knowingly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Knowingly

knowed
knowen
knower
knowers
knowes
knowest
knoweth
knowhatimean
knowhow
knowhows
knowin'
knowing
knowing someone in the biblical sense
knowinger
knowingest
knowingly (current term)
knowingness
knowingnesses
knowings
knowleche
knowleched
knowleching
knowledg
knowledgable
knowledge base
knowledge domain
knowledge is power
knowledge management
knowledge map

Literary usage of Knowingly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Correspondence Concerning Claims Against Great Britain: Transmitted to the by United States Dept. of State (1870)
"Seventy-sixth count, same as fourth count, substituting did knowingly aid, assist, and be concerned In equipping," for " did equip. ..."

2. The Analyst by Society of Public Analysts (Great Britain). (1881)
"Every person who, within the limits of this State, shall knowingly sell or give away, or knowingly cause to be sold or given away, or knowingly manufacture ..."

3. American Druggist (1890)
"That any person who shall knowingly ship or deliver for shipment from any State or Territory to any other State or Territory or foreign country, ..."

4. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell, Charles Sprengel Greaves (1877)
"every person so offending, and every person knowingly and wilfully aiding, abetting, or assisting any person or persons in committing any such offence as ..."

5. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1868)
"... knowingly make or use any counterfeit or spurious brand or plate upon or making or any cask or package of distilled spirits, as aforesaid, ..."

6. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1916)
"A principal cannot knowingly retain the benefit of money hired by hi8 agent, in the name of the principal, and at the same time legally refuse to pay the ..."

7. The Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn, Robert Phillimore (1842)
"7G, if parties knowingly acquiesce in the solemnization of marriage by a person ... Priests, who shall knowingly make solemnization of marriages prohibited, ..."

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