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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

KNOWINGLY, adv. no'ingly. With knowledge. He would not knowingly offend.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

adverb see knowing II

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. 1 consciously; intentionally (had never knowingly injured him). 2 in a knowing manner (smiled knowingly).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you knowingly do something wrong, you do it even though you know it is wrong. He repeated that he had never knowingly taken illegal drugs. ADV: ADV before v

Moby Thesaurus

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