knowingly

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knowingly - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Knowingly \Know"ing*ly\, adv.
     1. With knowledge; in a knowing manner; intelligently;
        consciously; deliberately; as, he would not knowingly
        offend. --Strype.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. By experience. [Obs.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

knowingly - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  knowingly
      adv 1: with full knowledge and deliberation; "he wittingly
             deleted the references" [syn: wittingly, knowingly]
             [ant: inadvertently, unknowingly, unwittingly]

knowingly - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  KNOWINGLY, pleadings. The word knowingly," or "well knowing," will supply 
  the place of a positive averment in an indictment or declaration, that the 
  defendant knew the facts subsequently stated; if notice or knowledge be 
  unnecessarily stated, the allegation may be rejected as surplusage. Vide 
  Com. Dig. Indictment, G 6; 2 Stra. 904; 2 East, 452; 1 Chit. Pl. *367; Vide 
  Scienter. 
  
  

knowingly - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "knowingly":
     advisedly, artfully, astutely, by design, cagily, calculatedly,
     cannily, circumspectly, cleverly, consciously, considerately,
     contemplatedly, cunningly, deliberately, designedly, discerningly,
     discreetly, eruditely, foxily, guilefully, in cold blood,
     insidiously, intelligently, intentionally, judiciously, learnedly,
     meditatedly, on purpose, on the sly, pointedly, premeditatedly,
     providently, prudently, purposefully, purposely, purposively,
     rationally, reasonably, sagaciously, sensibly, shiftily, shrewdly,
     slick, slyly, smartly, smoothly, studiously, subtilely, subtlely,
     thoughtfully, trickily, understandingly, voluntarily, warily,
     wilily, willfully, wisely, with forethought, with full intent,
     with intent, with malice aforethought, with purpose, wittingly