acquiescently

adverb

as in deliberately

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquiescently
  1. deliberately
  2. consciously
  3. knowingly
  4. intentionally
Adverb
  • The researchers say the cracks can be deliberately incorporated into the coating rather than treated as unwanted defects.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Paladin is running a more altruistic mercenary business (the details are deliberately vague), with Lisa and Edith as assistants.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of deliberately
Adverb
  • This perception holds even among the young and the politically and socially progressive, who would never consciously think that such acts are morally sullying.
    — Paul Bloom, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
  • No one in that chain has to consciously exclude women for the result to be uneven.
    — Nili Sangani, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of consciously
Adverb
  • Those who knowingly advance frivolous or politically motivated cases should face professional discipline, including disbarment.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Medicare should not knowingly pay hospitals far more for drugs than the hospitals paid to acquire them.
    — Ted Okon, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of knowingly
Adverb
  • So the museum is not intentionally trying to uncouple itself from a controversial legacy of collecting?
    — Kelley Engelbrecht, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Later that night, the Elves question whether or not their companion intentionally led them into a trap.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of intentionally
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