"knowingly" meaning in English

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      "form": "knowingly",
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        "positive"
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    {
      "form": "more knowingly",
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        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Superlativemost knowingly"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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          "word": "ignorantly"
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        {
          "word": "innocently"
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        {
          "word": "naively"
        },
        {
          "word": "unknowingly"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It was not an accident -- he knowingly installed a virus in our computer."
        }
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        "If you do something knowingly, you know you are doing it."
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "intentionally"
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        {
          "word": "on purpose"
        }
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He looked at me knowingly, and I knew he was not fooled."
        }
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        "If you act knowingly, you show that you know something."
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  "word": "knowingly"
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      "form": "more knowingly",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Superlativemost knowingly"
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  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "word": "ignorantly"
        },
        {
          "word": "innocently"
        },
        {
          "word": "naively"
        },
        {
          "word": "unknowingly"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It was not an accident -- he knowingly installed a virus in our computer."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you do something knowingly, you know you are doing it."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "intentionally"
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        {
          "word": "on purpose"
        }
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    },
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        {
          "text": "He looked at me knowingly, and I knew he was not fooled."
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        "If you act knowingly, you show that you know something."
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