wittingly
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English wetandly, wettanly, wetyngly, witandly, witingeliche, wittandly, wittingli, wittingly, wityngli, wityngly, witynly, wytindeliche, wytyngly, equivalent to witting + -ly.[1][2] Cognate with German wissentlich.
Adverb
wittingly (comparative more wittingly, superlative most wittingly)
- in a witting manner, intentionally, on purpose.
- Synonym: witfully
- Antonym: unwittingly
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: (Second Quarto), London: I R for N L , published 1604, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], signature M, verso:
- It muſt be ſo offended, it cannot be els, for heere lyes the poynt, if I drovvne my ſelfe vvittingly, it argues an act, & an act hath three branches, it is to act, to doe, to performe, or all; ſhe drovvnd her ſelfe vvittingly.
Translations
intentionally, on purpose
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References
- ^ “wittingly, adv.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “witinglī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
