Knowingly Meaning

/nˈoʊɪŋli/
B2

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

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advIn the manner of one who knows.

advWith knowledge of all relevant facts.

Tom and Mary nod at each other knowingly.
Tom and Mary smiled knowingly at each other.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He clearly ____ lied to the judge about his involvement in the case.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He ____ smiled at her, as if he shared a secret that no one else in the room was aware of tonight.

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

"He pursed his lips knowingly and winked exaggeratedly." — 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 121:
"The real bombshell it contains is not the confidence of the spy agencies that Russia hoped to subvert American democracy. It is that US intelligence experts effectively confirmed that for the second election in a row, Trump acolytes repeatedly used, knowingly or otherwise, misinformation produced by the spies of one of America’s most sworn foreign adversaries to try to win a US election." — 2021 March 17, Stephen Collinson, “New US intel report shows Russia, Trump and GOP acolytes have same goals”, in CNN:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
He clearly ____ lied to the judge about his involvement in the case.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He ____ smiled at her, as if he shared a secret that no one else in the room was aware of tonight.

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