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wittingly

wit·tingly

UK/ˈwɪtɪŋli/ US/ˈwɪtɪŋli/ uncommon

adverb

1.

with full knowledge and deliberation

  • “he wittingly deleted the references”
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Origin

From Middle English wetandly, wettanly, wetyngly, witandly, witingeliche, wittandly, wittingli, wittingly, wityngli, wityngly, witynly, wytindeliche, wytyngly, equivalent to witting + -ly. Cognate with German wissentlich.

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