knowingly
Fully aware beforehand
Knowingly means with full awareness or understanding of what you're doing.
It implies deliberate intent rather than accident or ignorance: She knowingly violated the terms of her contract.
In legal contexts, knowingly is crucial—it distinguishes intentional wrongdoing from negligent or innocent conduct.
The word can also describe a look or smile that signals shared understanding: He glanced at her knowingly.
By conscious choice
- purposelyDone with intent
- deliberatelyDone with intention
- willfullyDone on purpose
- premeditatedlyDone with advance planning
voluntarily · designedly · calculatedly · studiously · methodically · thoughtfully · carefully · measuredly
With deliberate awareness
- wittinglyWith conscious awareness
- cognizantlyWith conscious knowledge
- mindfullyWith full present awareness
- perceptivelyWith keen awareness
advisedly · understandingly · alertly · attentively · observantly · discerningly · sensibly · clear-eyed
In a self-blaming manner
- complicitlyIn knowing partnership
- criminallyIn lawbreaking fashion
- illegallyContrary to law
- fraudulentlyThrough intentional dishonesty
deceptively · dishonestly · willfully · recklessly · negligently · liable · accountable · blameworthy
In a crafty manner
- craftilyIn a scheming manner
- shrewdlyWith keen discernment
- cunninglyWith sly cleverness
- deviouslyIn a scheming way
scheming · manipulatively · guilefully · wilily · astutely · artfully · calculatingly · cleverly
intentionally
By conscious choice
- purposelyDone with intent
- deliberatelyDone with intention
- willfullyDone on purpose
premeditatedly · voluntarily · designedly · calculatedly · studiously · methodically · thoughtfully · carefully · measuredly · systematically
consciously
With deliberate awareness
- wittinglyWith conscious awareness
- cognizantlyWith conscious knowledge
- mindfullyWith full present awareness
perceptively · advisedly · understandingly · alertly · attentively · observantly · discerningly · sensibly · clear-eyed · open-eyed
guiltily
In a self-blaming manner
- complicitlyIn knowing partnership
- criminallyIn lawbreaking fashion
- illegallyContrary to law
fraudulently · deceptively · dishonestly · willfully · recklessly · negligently · liable · accountable · blameworthy · punishable
slyly
In a crafty manner
deviously · scheming · manipulatively · guilefully · wilily · astutely · artfully · calculatingly · cleverly · strategically
- mental adverbsmentally, cognitively, consciously, unconsciously, subconsciously
knowinglyunknowingly
Without being aware
unwittingly · unconsciously · unawares · obliviously · blindly
knowinglyaccidentally
Without intent or design
unintentionally · inadvertently · incidentally · haphazardly · randomly
knowinglyinnocently
Without intent to harm
unwittingly · guilelessly · in good faith · naively · blamelessly
- knowing betterHaving superior judgment
- knowing lookExpression conveying shared understanding
- not knowingAbsence of awareness
- knowing someoneHaving prior acquaintance
- knowing smile
- knowing one's stuffBeing genuinely skilled