"wittingly" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Forms: more wittingly [comparative], most wittingly [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English wetandly, wettanly, wetyngly, witandly, witingeliche, wittandly, wittingli, wittingly, wityngli, wityngly, witynly, wytindeliche, wytyngly, equivalent to witting + -ly. Cognate with German wissentlich. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wetandly}} Middle English wetandly, {{affix|en|witting|-ly}} witting + -ly, {{cog|de|wissentlich}} German wissentlich Head templates: {{en-adv}} wittingly (comparative more wittingly, superlative most wittingly)
  1. in a witting manner, intentionally, on purpose. Synonyms: witfully, weetingly [obsolete] Translations (intentionally, on purpose): съзнателно (sǎznatelno) (Bulgarian), преднамерено (prednamereno) (Bulgarian), 明知 (míngzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), შეგნებულად (šegnebulad) (Georgian), i bhfios (Irish), go feasach (Irish)

Alternative forms

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