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consciously en · ADV

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English conscious Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English consciously From conscious + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally.
   • History is almost always distorted by those who write it. It may be consciously changed as in the censorship of certain items, or it may be a reflection of the writer's lack of perception. 1975 December 20, Satya, “Uncensoring Shakespeare's Sonnets”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 25, page 16:

Forms

Antonyms

unconsciously · subconsciously

Relateds

self-consciously

Translations (21)

izh tiitoisest (in a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally) · es conscientemente (in a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally) · de bewusst (in a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally) · it coscientemente (in a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally) · pl świadomie (in a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally) · de wissentlich (in a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally) · fr consciemment (in a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally) · ru созна́тельно (in a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally) · ro conștient (in a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally) · ru осо́знанно (in a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally) · gl conscientemente (in a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally) · hy գիտակցաբար (in a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally) · nl bewust (in a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally) · uk усвідо́млено (in a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally) · cs vědomě (in a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally) · sk vedome (in a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally) · pt conscientemente (in a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally) · uk свідо́мо (in a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally) · ca conscientment (in a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally) · el συνειδητά (in a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally) · fi tietoisesti (in a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally)