knowingly

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   with full knowledge and deliberation

   Did you knowingly betray our confidence?

2. 2
   adv

   In the manner of one who knows.

   She smiled knowingly, but kept the secret.

3. 3
   adv

   With knowledge of all relevant facts.

   She would never knowingly pour any pollutant down the drain.

Etymology

From Middle English knawyngly, knowyngly. By surface analysis, knowing + -ly.