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consciously

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of consciously

with full awareness of what one is doing

  • she consciously chose to take the more dangerous route down the mountain
Synonyms of consciously

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

calculatedly, studiedly

voluntarily, willingly

premeditatedly
Phrases Synonymous with consciously

on purpose
Near Antonyms of consciously

accidentally, incidentally

haphazardly, randomly

involuntarily, unwillingly

impulsively, instinctively, spontaneously
Antonyms of consciously

inadvertently, unconsciously, unintentionally, unknowingly, unwittingly

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