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.
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Christy Cobb, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2026
Christy Cobb, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wittingly
Adverb
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This sudden outburst earns her a pauper’s grave, after she’s hauled out of the restaurant and shoved, accidentally or intentionally, down the stairs.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
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Not accidentally with a swollen or exploding battery, but intentionally with a miniature cigarette lighter built into the top.—
Eric Zeman,
PC Magazine,
5 Mar. 2026
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Some of Fiedler’s fellow plaintiffs were charged with deliberately misidentifying people as gang members, but a judge later dismissed the case against them.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Trump would not deliberately help Massie after his remarkably personal attacks against the congressman and even his new wife last month.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Mar. 2026
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The 5-foot-4 Smith was purposely being guarded by the 6-1 Robinson.—
Eric Sondheimer
Columnist
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Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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Agbim missed his first free throw but made the second, and then purposely shot at the front of the rim on the final attempt to run out the clock.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Wittingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wittingly. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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