Consciously

adv

adv ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally.

    "History is almost always distorted by those who write it. It may be consciously changed as in the censorship of certain items, or it may be a reflection of the writer's lack of perception."

Adverb
  1. 1
    with awareness wordnet

Synonyms

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advisedlyby designcalculatedlycontemplatedlydeliberatelydesignedly

Example

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"A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or unconsciously, the life of his epoch and his contemporaries."

Etymology

From conscious + -ly.

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