Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a witting manner; knowingly; consciously; by design.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb Knowingly; with knowledge; by design.

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  • adverb in a witting manner, intentionally, on purpose

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  • adverb with full knowledge and deliberation

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Examples

  • In our attempts to find a theory which comprehends all the new facts concerning old and new elementary particles, certain wittingly unreal, symbolic particles appear in our equations, which with a little good will could be regarded as the eternally immutable atoms of philosophers.

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1957 - Presentation Speech 1964

  • The name wittingly references that this was the third time out for founding member Moore, and consequently the third professional bluegrass band association for him.

    Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News BMNN 2010

  • The name wittingly references that this was the third time out for founding member Moore, and consequently the third professional bluegrass band association for him.

    Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News BMNN 2010

  • From whence it followeth that if a subject shall by fact or word wittingly and deliberately deny the authority of the representative of the

    Leviathan 2007

  • From whence it followeth that if a subject shall by fact or word wittingly and deliberately deny the authority of the representative of the Commonwealth (whatsoever penalty hath been formerly ordained for treason), he may lawfully be made to suffer whatsoever the representative will: for in denying subjection, he denies such punishment as by the law hath been ordained, and therefore suffers as an enemy of the Commonwealth; that is, according to the will of the representative.

    Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill 1651

  • But companies are on notice that the Sri Lanka government is following ethnically discriminatory policies, and those that favor only certain segments of the population -- wittingly or not -- are compounding the ethnic divides that caused the 26-year war in the first place.

    Karunyan Arulanantham: What US Businesses Must Consider in Sri Lanka Karunyan Arulanantham 2011

  • But companies are on notice that the Sri Lanka government is following ethnically discriminatory policies, and those that favor only certain segments of the population -- wittingly or not -- are compounding the ethnic divides that caused the 26-year war in the first place.

    Karunyan Arulanantham: What US Businesses Must Consider in Sri Lanka Karunyan Arulanantham 2011

  • But companies are on notice that the Sri Lanka government is following ethnically discriminatory policies, and those that favor only certain segments of the population -- wittingly or not -- are compounding the ethnic divides that caused the 26-year war in the first place.

    Karunyan Arulanantham: What US Businesses Must Consider in Sri Lanka Karunyan Arulanantham 2011

  • No kid willingly dons madras for a birthday party, thought Ben, nor was there any way that dull-as-dishwater Paul wittingly selected pinstripe slacks and a fuchsia sweater.

    Parents Behaving Badly Scott Gummer 2011

  • Adult concerns about the way teenagers wittingly – or unwittingly – compromise their privacy on Facebook rest on more solid foundations.

    A Flickr of interest… John Naughton 2010

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