WITTINGLY Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

wittingly

adverb

Definition of wittingly

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

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Additional autonomous cyberattacks were disclosed by Anthropic and Meta in recent months, though in those cases the models had been granted internet access either intentionally or inadvertently.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
For families who use it intentionally, the business doesn’t just survive the transition.

— Joy Nissen, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of intentionally

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The constant contrast between pristine nature and industrial machinery is accompanied by a discordant synth-heavy score by composer Robert Nacken, that, at times, pushes the film along and, at others, deliberately drags against it.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Someone has to decide to deliberately create and nurture the relationships in a new market.

— Wayne Elsey, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of deliberately

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According to Ukrzaliznytsia, a diplomatic train carrying Boris Johnson, Carl Bildt and security advisers from several European Union states had purposely left the station at Yahodyn ahead of schedule.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026
These fish can’t really be classified as invasive, however, because the state purposely stocked the South American imports in the early 1980s for two reasons.

— Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2026

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