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 Florida accuses the company of knowingly engineering its platforms to be addictive to teens, and misleading consumers about its safety. — Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026 The government can also pursue criminal charges for knowingly procuring citizenship unlawfully. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 Through the ball’s circular shape and its lack of color, the painting knowingly winks at Piet Mondrian’s Composition 10 in Black and White (1915), then defiles the Dutch modernist’s aesthetic purity. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026 According to the complaint, Mohamud knowingly received a firearm and ammunition, including a Norinco AK-47 assault rifle and approximately 200 live rounds of ammunition, to commit a felony and a federal crime of terrorism. — Whitney Wild, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026 No business would knowingly keep an underperforming employee in a critical role without a way to review performance or make a change. — Tara Youngblood, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 In a news release Friday, Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson said bringing a weapon to school and knowingly making a false report about one can have serious consequences under state law. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2026 There would be criminal penalties for knowingly misreporting or misclassifying expenses to get around the limits. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Means also was found guilty on misdemeanor charges of presenting false or misleading information in support of an insurance claim and making a knowingly false or fraudulent statement to obtain workers’ compensation benefits. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knowingly
  1. intentionally
  2. deliberately
  3. purposely
Adverb
  • The league is concerned about contracts that are vulnerable to manipulation, like field goals where a kicker could intentionally miss or a wide receiver intentionally fumbling a pass.
    — Contessa Brewer, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • But even in this serious conversation, Angie can always give us a moment of comic relief (intentionally or not).
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of intentionally
Adverb
  • The paper, led by a researcher named Evan Hubinger, described an experiment in which Anthropic’s team had deliberately trained AI models to behave deceptively.
    — Kevin Roose, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Some are very hands on, others deliberately removed from almost all day-to-day decisions.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of deliberately
Adverb
  • It was purposely drawn by the state’s independent redistricting commission to be the most competitive in Colorado — and the most heavily Latino.
    — John Aguilar, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026
  • It was covered in ash, as if it had been washed, dried, then purposely covered in soot.
    — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of purposely

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“Knowingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knowingly. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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