What part of speech is knowingly?

Knowingly can be categorized as an adverb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. knowingly is an adverb.

Inflections

Adjective to adverb

  • Adjective
    Adverb
  • knowingly
  • adjective: knowing 
  • adverb: knowingly

What does knowingly mean?

Definitions

Adverb

knowingly - with full knowledge and deliberation; "he wittingly deleted the references"

Examples of knowingly

#   Sentence  
1. adv. Judge Hughes wrote: `government knowingly used false evidence against him,' concluding `honesty comes hard to government.'
2. adv. Tom nodded knowingly.
3. adv. Tom and Mary nod at each other knowingly.
4. adv. Tom smiled knowingly.
5. adv. Tom and Mary smiled knowingly at each other.
Sentence  
adv.
Judge Hughes wrote: `government knowingly used false evidence against him,' concluding `honesty comes hard to government.'
Tom nodded knowingly.
Tom and Mary nod at each other knowingly.
Tom smiled knowingly.
Tom and Mary smiled knowingly at each other.

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