Used in a Sentence

knowingly

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for knowingly.

Editorial note

> One way you could fix the system is to punish the trolls for knowingly peddling invalid patents...

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

With knowledge of all relevant facts.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of knowingly gathered in one view.

adverb

With knowledge of all relevant facts.

adverb

In the manner of one who knows.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for knowingly.

adverb

With knowledge of all relevant facts.

adverb

In the manner of one who knows.

Example sentences

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> One way you could fix the system is to punish the trolls for knowingly peddling invalid patents...

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Enabling information access also allows the propagation of knowingly wrong information, regardless of the source or intention.

3

So, even a prosecutor that knowingly gets a defendant wrongly convicted and put to death still has total immunity?

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The only crap stunts here are by the car company pretending to fix the issue and knowingly leaving everyone vulnerable.

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If you knowingly or unknowningly give personal information away without my consent this is illegal.

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These people, on the other hand, knowingly and deliberately disabled a car on a highway.

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But then they would be asking drivers to take steps to knowingly break the law.

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But you can see where they come from, and they knowingly take the risk of patching up later once they have some success.

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I would like to think that you have been duped into actually believing it, rather than spreading it knowingly.

10

Terrible, no doubt, but not really the same thing as knowingly aiding criminals.

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The law treats knowingly ignoring a risk as worse than unknowingly allowing one.

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Manning broke a law willingly, knowingly, with full appreciation for her actions.

Quote examples

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If you knowingly or unknowningly give personal information away without my consent this is illegal." What you're saying now and what you said then are two different contexts.

2

I suppose sloppy work like the OP isn't "knowingly"

3

Though they might be pre-testing units off-camera for the sake of giving a good "demonstrating quality" stage show while being recorded by your system, there's also the effect of better behavior when knowingly being monitored.

Proper noun examples

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Knowingly selling to someone that'll use it for a crime, probably.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use knowingly in a sentence?

> One way you could fix the system is to punish the trolls for knowingly peddling invalid patents...

What does knowingly mean?

With knowledge of all relevant facts.

What part of speech is knowingly?

knowingly is commonly used as adverb.