knowingly
knowingly adverb: in the manner of one who knows.
Adverb
knowingly (comparative more knowingly, superlative most knowingly)
- In the manner of one who knows.
- She smiled knowingly, but kept the secret.
- He pursed his lips knowingly and winked exaggeratedly.1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 121
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- awarely, consciously
- Antonyms:
- unknowingly, obliviously, unawarely, unconsciously, subconsciously
knowingly meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
knowingly in Hindi
- adverb
- जानकर jānkar
knowingly in Tamil
- அறிந்தே, தெரிந்தே
knowingly in Urdu
- عمداً, دانستہ, جانے بوجھے, قصداً
knowingly in Bengali
- জেনে শুনে
More languagesFewer languages
- knowingly in Malayalam
- ബോധപൂർവ്വം, അറിഞ്ഞുകൊണ്ട്, ജ്ഞാനപൂർവ്വം, മനഃപൂർവ്വം
- knowingly in Kannada
- ತಿಳಿದ ಹಾಗೆ, ಅರಿತುಕೊಂಡು, ಬುದ್ಧಿಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ, ಉದ್ದೇಶಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ
- knowingly in Punjabi
- ਜਾਣ-ਬੁੱਝ ਕੇ
- knowingly in Gujarati
- જાણીજોઈને, જાણીજોઈને જ
- knowingly in Odia
- ଜାଣିଶୁଣି
- knowingly in Nepali
- जानाजानी
Examples of knowingly in a sentence
- It's against the law to knowingly allow an attractive nuisance to remain in place.
- Knowingly giving a person a placebo when there is an effective treatment available is a bioethically complex issue.
- Jill said Jack was paranoid, and when he told her he was not she just nodded knowingly. It was a perfect Kafkatrap.
Synonyms of knowingly
Antonyms
Forms of knowingly
| comparative | more knowingly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most knowingly |
Origin of knowingly
From Middle English knawyngly, knowyngly. By surface analysis, knowing + -ly.
Questions about knowingly
- What does knowingly mean?
- Knowingly means in the manner of one who knows.
- What is knowingly in Hindi?
- Knowingly in Hindi is जानकर (jānkar). See Knowingly meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is knowingly?
- Knowingly is an adverb.
Words near knowingly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: knowingly (page history and authors); knowingly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); knowingly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); knowingly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); knowingly (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); knowingly (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); knowingly (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); knowingly (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); knowingly (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); knowingly (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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