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wittingly

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wit·ting  (wtng)
adj.
1. Aware or conscious of something.
2. Done intentionally or with premeditation; deliberate.
v.
Present participle of wit2.
n. Chiefly British
1. Knowledge or awareness; cognizance.
2. Information obtained and passed on; news.
witting·ly adv.
wittingly
Adverb
intentionally and knowingly
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Adv.1.wittingly - with full knowledge and deliberation; "he wittingly deleted the references"
knowingly
inadvertently, unknowingly, unwittingly - without knowledge or intention; "he unwittingly deleted the references"
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For the deed must either be done or not done,--and that wittingly or unwittingly.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
A brute insidious, plundering, grovelling, That aye must lie, That wittingly, wilfully, aye must lie: For booty lusting, Motley masked, Self-hidden, shrouded, Himself his booty- HE--of truth the wooer?
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
And all this was so wittingly done that Sergey Ivanovitch would not have disowned such wit himself.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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