as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing
whether he hurt her feelings wittingly or unwittingly isn't important; he should still apologize
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Polk intentionally ran on a one-term platform with ambitions to seize territory from Mexico and seize the Oregon Country — a populist platform at the time.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2025 -
Prosecutor The suspect -- a 24-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker residing in Munich on a valid residence permit -- acted alone and admitted during questioning to intentionally driving into the crowd, according to Senior Munich Public Prosecutor Gabriele Tillmann.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
15 Feb. 2025
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Now, the only way to convince a U-boat commander to surface was to deliberately take a torpedo strike and play dead.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
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But on Honey Bunch, the Canadian filmmakers deliberately toned down the dark, bloody material of their first feature.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2025
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Today’s Paper | Subscribe Discover More in Health and Science Sick in the Name of Science: Since the pandemic, drug trials that purposely make people vomit, shiver and ache have become a research area of growing interest.—
Carl Zimmer,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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Harvey also accused his brother and others of purposely planning this scheme in an effort to take over the company at his expense.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Wittingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wittingly. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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