"wittingly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more wittingly [comparative], most wittingly [superlative]
Etymology: From witting + -ly. Cognate with German wissentlich. Etymology templates: {{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 Translations (intentionally, on purpose): съзнателно (sǎznatelno) (Bulgarian), преднамерено (prednamereno) (Bulgarian), 明知 (míngzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), შეგნებულად (šegnebulad) (Georgian), i bhfios (Irish), go feasach (Irish)

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          "sense": "intentionally, on purpose",
          "word": "i bhfios"
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