knowingly[adverb]Synonyms: deliberately, consciously, intentionally, on purpose, purposely, wilfully, wittingly
English Thesaurus: deliberately, on purpose, intentionally, consciously, knowingly, ... [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
deliberately if you do something deliberately, you do it because you want to:
He upset her deliberately. I deliberately kept the letter short.on purpose especially spoken deliberately, especially in order to annoy someone or get an advantage for yourself:
I didn’t push her on purpose; it was an accident.intentionally deliberately, especially in order to have a particular result or effect:
Very few teenagers become pregnant intentionally.consciously /ˈkɒnʃəsli/ done after thinking carefully about what you are doing, especially because you know what the results of your actions might be:
Parents pass their values to their children, though not always consciously.knowingly if you knowingly do something wrong or illegal, you do it even though you know it is wrong:
FBI agents arrested Dillon for ‘knowingly making a false statement on a passport application’. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲