wittingly

adverb

Definition of wittinglynext
as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing whether he hurt her feelings wittingly or unwittingly isn't important; he should still apologize

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Recent Examples of wittingly The widow Ruth, who wittingly convinces a man to marry her in order to continue the lineage of her mother-in-law, Naomi. — Christy Cobb, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wittingly
  1. intentionally
  2. deliberately
  3. purposely
Adverb
  • Calls range from people accidentally slipping into the river and overturned kayaks to boating emergencies and people intentionally entering the water.
    — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The institute intentionally allowed the models internet access and used them without certain safety filters to test their capabilities.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of intentionally
Adverb
  • The other two fires were also started by people, though not necessarily deliberately, investigators have said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Record-low water levels along the Danube River have exposed dozens of German military shipwrecks near the Serbian town of Prahovo, where an estimated 200 vessels were deliberately scuttled by retreating Nazi forces in 1944.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of deliberately
Adverb
  • Many entries seem almost purposely crafted to inflame every lingering conservative grievance over the pandemic.
    — Megan McArdle, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2026
  • On the flip side, that might fit better as a non-title feud, so that could mean that at WWE SummerSlam, either Rodriguez or Perez inadvertently, or perhaps purposely, costs Morgan the title.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of purposely

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“Wittingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wittingly. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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