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advisedly

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of advisedly

with full awareness of what one is doing

  • I'm calling him a traitor, and I use that term advisedly
Synonyms of advisedly

consciously, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, knowingly, purposefully, purposely, purposively, willfully, wittingly
Words Related to advisedly

calculatedly, studiedly

voluntarily, willingly

premeditatedly
Phrases Synonymous with advisedly

on purpose
Near Antonyms of advisedly

accidentally, incidentally

haphazardly, randomly

involuntarily, unwillingly

impulsively, instinctively, spontaneously
Antonyms of advisedly

inadvertently, unconsciously, unintentionally, unknowingly, unwittingly

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