Definitions for wittingly
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wittingly, knowinglyadverb

   with full knowledge and deliberation

   "he wittingly deleted the references"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wittinglyadverb

   in a witting manner, intentionally, on purpose

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wittinglyadverb

   Knowingly; not ignorantly; with knowledge; by design.

   Etymology: from witting, knowing; witan , Saxon, to weet or know.

   Whatsoever we work as men, the same we do wittingly work and freely; neither are we, according to the manner of natural agents any way so tied, but that it is in our power to leave things we do undone. Richard Hooker.

   Withhold revenge, ’tis not my fault,
   Nor wittingly have I infring’d my vow. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   During that dreadful siege, every particular accident for brevity I wittingly pass over. Richard Knolles, Hist. of the Turks.

   He knowingly and wittingly brought evil into the world. More.

   No forger of lies willingly and wittingly furnished out the means of his own detection. Gilbert West, on the Resurrection.

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1. wittingly

   Wittingly refers to the act of doing something intentionally, knowingly, or deliberately. It signifies being aware of what you are doing or the specific consequences or implications that your actions might have.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Wittingly

   knowingly; with knowledge; by design

2. Etymology: [See Wit, v.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wittingly in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of wittingly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of wittingly in a Sentence

1. Valerie Jarrett:

   I'm a lot of things, a loud mouth and all that stuff, but I'm not stupid for God's sake. I never would have wittingly called any black person, [ I would never had said ] they are a monkey.

2. Daniel J. Boorstin:

   Of all the nations in the world, the United States was built in nobody's image. It was the land of the unexpected, of unbounded hope, of ideals, of quest for an unknown perfection. It is all the more unfitting that we should offer ourselves in images. And all the more fitting that the images which we make wittingly or unwittingly to sell America to the world should come back to haunt and curse us.

3. Tony Blinken:

   Every step along the way, either knowingly or not, wittingly or not, President Trump has aided and abetted this effort at delegitimizing our institutions and our leaders.

4. Nancy Pelosi:

   We have said all along, poor Facebook, they were unwittingly exploited by the Russians. I think wittingly, because right now they are putting up something that they know is false. I think it's wrong.

5. Nancy Pelosi:

   I think they have proven — by not taking down something they know is false — that they were willing enablers of the Russian interference in our election, we have said all along, poor Facebook, they were unwittingly exploited by the Russians. I think wittingly, because right now they are putting up something that they know is false. I think it's wrong.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=wittingly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wittingly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=wittingly
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wittingly