CONSENTINGLY Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

consentingly

adverb

Definition of consentingly

as in deliberately

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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

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Any suggestion that Huang misled the board, or that the company knowingly misled investors about a material issue could expose it to even more shareholder litigation.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 12 Nov. 2026
Bolton’s voice has roughened slightly in the intermeaning decades, now less angelic and more knowingly wry.

— David Glickman, Pitchfork, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of knowingly

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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

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consenting (to)

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