Dictionary

knowingly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English knawyngly, knowyngly. By surface analysis, knowing + -ly.

Meanings

1. In the manner of one who knows.
   • He pursed his lips knowingly and winked exaggeratedly. 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 121:
   • She smiled knowingly, but kept the secret.
2. With knowledge of all relevant facts.
   • The real bombshell it contains is not the confidence of the spy agencies that Russia hoped to subvert American democracy. It is that US intelligence experts effectively confirmed that for the second election in a row, Trump acolytes repeatedly used, knowingly or otherwise, misinformation produced by the spies of one of America’s most sworn foreign adversaries to try to win a US election. 2021 March 17, Stephen Collinson, “New US intel report shows Russia, Trump and GOP acolytes have same goals”, in CNN:
   • We keep our prices low and are never knowingly undersold.
   • She would never knowingly pour any pollutant down the drain.

Forms

Antonyms

unknowingly · obliviously · unconsciously · unawarely · subconsciously

Relateds

knowledgeably

Synonyms

consciously · awarely

Translations (31)

hu sokatmondóan (adverb) · de wissentlich (adverb) · fi tieten tahtoen (adverb) · uk обізнано (adverb) · da megetsigende (adverb) · bg съзнателно (adverb) · fi varta vasten (adverb) · izh tiitoisest (adverb) · uk умисно (adverb) · gl a sabido (adverb) · fi tieten (adverb) · es a sabiendas (adverb) · ru понима́юще (adverb) · ka შეგნებულად (adverb) · fro esciemment (adverb) · es sabedoramente (adverb) · uk розуміючо (adverb) · fi tietoisesti (adverb) · nb megetsigende (adverb) · bg преднамерено (adverb) · es con conocimiento de causa (adverb) · es sabientemente (adverb) · fr sciemment (adverb) · uk поінформовано (adverb) · de bewusst (adverb) · uk знано (adverb) · uk свідомо (adverb) · la scienter (adverb) · hi जानकर (adverb) · tr bile bile (adverb) · es sabiendo (adverb)