Word family noun knowledge the unknown adjective knowing knowledgeable known ≠ unknown verb know adverb knowingly ≠ unknowingly knowledgeably
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishknowinglyknow‧ing‧ly /ˈnəʊɪŋli $ ˈnoʊ-/ adverb 1 KNOW somethingin a way that shows you know about something secret or embarrassing She smiled knowingly at us.2 DELIBERATELYdeliberately OPP accidentally He would never knowingly upset people.► see thesaurus at deliberatelyExamples from the Corpus
knowingly• J.D. laughed softly and knowingly.• Stansfield would never have knowingly become involved in political espionage.• If any employee knowingly breaks the terms of this contract they will be dismissed immediately. 