ACQUIESCENTLY Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

acquiescently

adverb

as in deliberately

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Rather than mimicking a sneaker or a loafer, the Gardana leans into a deliberately odd silhouette.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Nov. 2026
Russia denies deliberately targeting civilians, despite strikes regularly hitting apartment buildings and other civilian infrastructure.

— CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of deliberately

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Balance Is Key To Emotionally Intelligent Teams As leaders, many of us consciously try to balance empathy, emotional intelligence and operational excellence.

— Dr. Manish Pratap Singh Chandel, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
The more self-consciously operatic versions aren’t necessarily closer to the composer’s intentions.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of consciously

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So could anyone who knowingly stays after police order a violent crowd to disperse, for damage done afterward.

— Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
The Justice Department also threatened to prosecute election officials individually for knowingly processing ballots cast by noncitizens.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of knowingly

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When over half of shoppers intentionally provide proxy emails or fake numbers to avoid spam and data exposure, brands end up building marketing strategies on flawed, unresponsive databases while alienating distrustful consumers.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026
Matthew O’Brien told jurors that surveillance images, cellphone location records and fire science would establish that Rinderknecht intentionally ignited brush on a Pacific Palisades hillside in the first minutes of New Year’s Day 2025.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

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