knowingly

adverb

Definition of knowinglynext
as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing cannot convict unless the defendant knowingly committed perjury

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Recent Examples of knowingly Those who knowingly advance frivolous or politically motivated cases should face professional discipline, including disbarment. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026 Medicare should not knowingly pay hospitals far more for drugs than the hospitals paid to acquire them. — Ted Okon, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026 The measure would also allow athletes to sue schools and athletic associations that knowingly violate the law. — Matt Calkins Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026 Her Justice Department interview took place after publication, Gayles noted, and her lack of recollection did not establish that the reporters knowingly published falsehoods or seriously doubted their account. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026 Trump denied writing it and accused The Journal of knowingly publishing a false story. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2026 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 It’s been a turbulent season for Gainesville, a Class 4A school, as head coach Neil Searcy was suspended for the season by the University Interscholastic League State Executive Committee for knowingly violating UIL rules. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knowingly
  1. intentionally
  2. deliberately
  3. purposely
Adverb
  • 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
Definition of intentionally
Adverb
  • 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
Adverb
  • While the citations described dangerous driving, the murder charges will require the prosecution to prove that Battiloro purposely caused the deaths, Bramnick said.
    — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Ryu knows the real truth about Ken but keeps it to himself and has become a loner, a man purposely hiding from his past cooking up a new identity in the food world.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of purposely

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“Knowingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knowingly. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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