Antonyms for knowingly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : noh-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnoʊ ɪŋ


Definition of knowingly

Origin :
  • late 14c., from knowing + -ly (2).
  • adv intentionally
Example sentences :
  • "That's the outside o' the cup an' platter," she said knowingly.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • “I was not knowingly aware that hospitals had trademarks,” said Mr. Gubb.
  • Extract from : « Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective » by Ellis Parker Butler
  • "That's what you said this afternoon," replied Biterolf, knowingly.
  • Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
  • The clawing hand hauled at my shoulder; he leered at me knowingly.
  • Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
  • Of course nobody but a fool would have put a queen there knowingly!'
  • Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
  • Knowingly, willingly, Detis had given his life that the rest of them might live!
  • Extract from : « Creatures of Vibration » by Harl Vincent
  • "It's the way to make you like her worse," Mr. Carteret knowingly declared.
  • Extract from : « The Tragic Muse » by Henry James
  • Mackenzie (going over to John and looking at him knowingly).
  • Extract from : « The Drone » by Rutherford Mayne
  • Or if he knowingly encourage his neighbor to do this, he is equally guilty.
  • Extract from : « Select Temperance Tracts » by American Tract Society
  • They follow the equipage with interest; they eye it knowingly as they see it in the Park.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Snobs » by William Makepeace Thackeray

Synonyms for knowingly

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