| 释义 |
knowingly, adv.|ˈnəʊɪŋlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a knowing manner; with knowledge; intelligently, consciously, intentionally, etc.: see prec.
1382Wyclif Wisd. xiii. 5 Of the mykilnesse of fairnesse, and of creature, knowendeli shal moun the creatour of these ben seen. 1435Misyn Fire of Love 103 He truly þat knawyngly & wilfully fallis in-to þe lest [sin], vnauisyd to gretter oft-tymes sal fall. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 94 b, Wylfully & knowyngly..to chose..y⊇ thynge that is of lesse goodnes. 1611Shakes. Cymb. iii. iii. 46 Did you but know the Citties Vsuries, And felt them knowingly. 1682Burnet Rights Princes Pref. 8, I have not knowingly left anything unobserved. a1708Beveridge Thes. Theol. (1710) II. 362 Then perform these duties,..knowingly. 1827Scott Two Drovers ii, A good-looking, smart little man upon a pony, most knowingly hogged and cropped, as was then the fashion. 1861Geo. Eliot Silas M. vi, His eyes twinkled knowingly. 1875Freeman Hist. Ess. Ser. i. viii. 213 It is not likely that any such feeling was knowingly present to the mind of any man. |