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knowingly

adv

Etymology

From Middle English knawyngly, knowyngly. By surface analysis, knowing + -ly.

  1. inherited from knawyngly

Definitions

  1. In the manner of one who knows.

    • She smiled knowingly, but kept the secret.
    • He pursed his lips knowingly and winked exaggeratedly.

  2. With knowledge of all relevant facts.

    • She would never knowingly pour any pollutant down the drain.
    • We keep our prices low and are never knowingly undersold.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for knowingly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA