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knowingly

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know·ing  (nng)
adj.
1. Possessing knowledge, information, or understanding. See Synonyms at intelligent.
2. Showing clever awareness and resourcefulness; shrewd.
3. Suggestive of secret or private knowledge: a knowing glance.
4. Deliberate; conscious: a knowing attempt to defraud.

knowing·ly adv.
knowing·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.knowingly - with full knowledge and deliberation; "he wittingly deleted the references"
inadvertently, unknowingly, unwittingly - without knowledge or intention; "he unwittingly deleted the references"

knowingly
adverb deliberately, purposely, consciously, intentionally, on purpose, wilfully, wittingly He repeated that he had never knowingly taken illegal drugs.
Translations
knowingly [ˈnəʊɪŋlɪ] ADV
1. (= intentionally) → a sabiendas, adrede
2. (= archly) [smile, look, nod] → con complicidad
knowingly [ˈnəʊɪŋli] adv
(= intentionally) → sciemment
[smile, wink] → d'un air entendu
know-it-all [ˈnəʊitɔːl] n (US)je-sais-tout > mf
knowingly
adv
(= consciously)bewusst, absichtlich, wissentlich
look, smilewissend
knowingly [ˈnəʊɪŋlɪ] adv (intentionally) → deliberatamente; (smile, look) → con aria d'intesa
knowingly [ˈnəʊɪŋlɪ] adv (intentionally) → deliberatamente; (smile, look) → con aria d'intesa


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The day after tomorrow, at the latest, you will begin despising yourself for having knowingly deceived yourself.
A prince, therefore, being compelled knowingly to adopt the beast, ought to choose the fox and the lion; because the lion cannot defend himself against snares and the fox cannot defend himself against wolves.
There are wise people who talk ever so knowingly and complacently about "the working classes," and satisfy themselves that a day's hard in- tellectual work is very much harder than a day's hard manual toil, and is righteously entitled to much bigger pay.
 
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