"knowingly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more knowingly [comparative], most knowingly [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English knawyngly, knowyngly; equivalent to knowing + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|knawyngly}} Middle English knawyngly, {{af|en|knowing|-ly|id2=adverbial}} knowing + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} knowingly (comparative more knowingly, superlative most knowingly)
  1. In the manner of one who knows.
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  2. With knowledge of all relevant facts. Synonyms: awarely, consciously
    Sense id: en-knowingly-en-adv-7SOJA-Z~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Old French translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 38 62 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Old French translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: knowledgeably Translations (knowingly): съзнателно (sǎznatelno) (Bulgarian), преднамерено (prednamereno) (Bulgarian), megetsigende (Danish), tietoisesti (Finnish), tieten tahtoen (Finnish), tieten (Finnish), varta vasten (Finnish), sciemment (French), a sabido (Galician), შეგნებულად (šegnebulad) (Georgian), wissentlich (German), bewusst (German), जानकर (jānkar) (Hindi), tiitoisest (Ingrian), scienter (Latin), megetsigende (Norwegian Bokmål), esciemment (Old French), понима́юще (ponimájušče) (Russian), sabiamente (Spanish), a sabiendas (Spanish), conscientemente (Spanish), con conocimiento de causa (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'knowingly': 0 0
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