as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing
she consciously chose to take the more dangerous route down the mountain
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Recent Examples of consciously
This means regularly assessing your thinking skills, consciously choosing when to engage versus delegate mental tasks, and maintaining practices that keep your mind sharp.
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Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Dating consciously and intentionally, with a checklist of desirable qualities and a determination not to hurt anyone’s feelings—what a great way to keep him out of your business.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
Is the packaging consciously designed or needlessly wasteful?
—Lily Wohlner, Allure, 5 Sep. 2025
But while plenty of other Disney and Nickelodeon alumni of the late ’00s and early ’10s had notably rocky transitions to adulthood in the limelight, Thomas consciously steered clear of any actions that might have alienated the Victorious audience who looked up to him.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025
Rossellini’s film is part of a distinctive canon of modernist melodramas that self-consciously acknowledge the tension of those oppositions and foreground their symbolic disruption of realistic conventions.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2025
Whether authors are consciously channeling Jareth’s twisted charm or Sarah’s determined spirit, the influence of Labyrinth can be found in books that blend fantasy with yearning, danger, and wonder.
—Logan Karlie
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
But there’s not much substance to be found underneath the consciously cheap glamour.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025
Also doing excellent work here is Lee, who gives the vampish and self-consciously artificial Gloria a magnetic inner life.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025
Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Dating consciously and intentionally, with a checklist of desirable qualities and a determination not to hurt anyone’s feelings—what a great way to keep him out of your business.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
Is the packaging consciously designed or needlessly wasteful?
—Lily Wohlner, Allure, 5 Sep. 2025
But while plenty of other Disney and Nickelodeon alumni of the late ’00s and early ’10s had notably rocky transitions to adulthood in the limelight, Thomas consciously steered clear of any actions that might have alienated the Victorious audience who looked up to him.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025
Rossellini’s film is part of a distinctive canon of modernist melodramas that self-consciously acknowledge the tension of those oppositions and foreground their symbolic disruption of realistic conventions.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2025
Whether authors are consciously channeling Jareth’s twisted charm or Sarah’s determined spirit, the influence of Labyrinth can be found in books that blend fantasy with yearning, danger, and wonder.
—Logan Karlie
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
But there’s not much substance to be found underneath the consciously cheap glamour.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025
Also doing excellent work here is Lee, who gives the vampish and self-consciously artificial Gloria a magnetic inner life.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consciously
Adverb
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Giants pitcher Justin Verlander, who had just allowed four straight batters to hit the ball at least 97 MPH, intentionally walked Shohei Ohtani.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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With a base open, Melvin elected to intentionally walk one MVP in Shohei Ohtani to get to another MVP in Betts.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Remarkably, almost all of the forty or so core players survived their time here and avoided being deliberately gassed, although their main conductor did not survive.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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But the best leaders don’t rush, deliberately slowing down to build their presence, become connected to those around them, and make better choices.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Consciously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consciously. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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