foreknowingly

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adverb

With foreknowledge; knowing beforehand.

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Meanings

adverbforeknowingly (comparative more foreknowingly, superlative most foreknowingly)

comparative more foreknowingly · superlative most foreknowingly

  1. With foreknowledge; knowing beforehand.

    He who […] foreknowingly loses his life

    1646, Jeremy Taylor, A Discourse of the Liberty of Prophesying

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
foresightedly

Origin

From foreknowing + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

foreknowingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreknowingly

MLA

“foreknowingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreknowingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foreknowingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreknowingly.

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