knowinglyadverb
uk/ˈnəʊ.ɪŋ.li/us/ˈnoʊ.ɪŋ.li/C2 in a way that shows you know about something:
She smiled knowingly at him.
C2 If you do something knowingly, you do it knowing what will be its likely effect:
I've never knowingly offended him.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Aware
- abreast
- acquainted
- alive
- alive to sth idiom
- au fait
- awake
- awakening
- be no stranger to sth idiom
- familiar
- genned up
- have/keep your finger on the pulse idiom
- informed
- insider
- ivory tower
- onto
- privy
- put sb in the picture idiom
- repository
- sad
- sadder but wiser idiom
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