# knowingly

> English word · Adverb · frequency rank #14,980

## Definitions
1. In the manner of one who knows.
2. With knowledge of all relevant facts.

## Etymology
From Middle English knawyngly, knowyngly. By surface analysis, knowing + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **knowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knowing-vs-knowingly)

## Common misspellings (15)
`kknowingly`, `knnowingly`, `knoiwngly`, `knowignly`, `knowinggly`, `knowinglly`, `knowinglyy`, `knowingyl`, `knowinlgy`, `knowinngly`, `knownigly`, `knowwingly`, `knwoingly`, `konwingly`, `nkowingly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/knowingly