consciouslyadv.

1625 J. Phillips Way to Heaven 31 An error, whereof they are so consciously guilty in themselues, that in their Catechismes, and confession of their penitents, they commonly leaue out that Commandement.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe 172 The True Omnipotent Deity..is a Perfect Mind, or Consciously Understanding Nature.

1694 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) ii. xxvii. 181 The same thinking thing would be always consciously present.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 49. ⁋5 [They] often consciously and knowingly embrace where they are mutually indifferent.

1766 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 689/2 Then, keen ey'd satire, consciously shou'd rise, And hold a mirror to the public eyes.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian III. v. 135 Vivaldi was visited, in his prison, by a man whom he had never consciously seen before.

1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 2 If no bright bird, insect, or gentle beast I consciously have injured.

1853 E. C. Rogers Philos. Mysterious Agents v. 215 The mind is the consciously thinking, consciously willing, consciously loving, consciously responsible man.

1881 J. R. Seeley in Macmillan's Mag. 45 51 Directly or indirectly, consciously or unconsciously, we base our political opinions upon history.

1910 H. H. Richardson Getting of Wisdom iv. 37 Laura..consciously wore a fixed little simper, which was meant to put it beyond doubt that butter would not melt in her mouth.

1962 H. MacLennan in Canad. Lit. Summer 86/1 It never once occurred to me consciously that the events were paralleling the Odyssey.

2009 M. Paradis Declarative & Procedural Determinants of Second Lang. ii. 38 Only that which is observable, known, and accessible to consciousness can be consciously controlled.