weetingly
weetingly is the obsolete spelling of wittingly.
Meaning of wittingly
Adverb
wittingly (comparative more wittingly, superlative most wittingly)
- in a witting manner, intentionally, on purpose.
- It muſt be ſo offended, it cannot be els, for heere lyes the poynt, if I drowne my ſelfe wittingly, it argues an act, & an act hath three branches, it is to act, to doe, to performe, or all; ſhe drownd her ſelfe wittingly.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604...
- Synonyms:
- witfully
- Antonyms:
- unwittingly
Origin of weetingly
Equivalent to weeting + -ly.
Words formed from weetingly
Questions about weetingly
- What is weetingly the obsolete spelling of?
- Weetingly is the obsolete spelling of wittingly.
Words near weetingly in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: weetingly (page history and authors); wittingly (page history and authors). 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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