wittingly
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From witting + -ly. Cognate with German wissentlich.
Adverb[edit]
wittingly (comparative more wittingly, superlative most wittingly)
- in a witting manner, intentionally, on purpose
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], lines 11-13:
- And an act hath three branches—it is to act, to do, to perform. Argal, she drowned herself wittingly.
Antonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
intentionally, on purpose
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