weetingly

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A form of wittingly — in a witting manner, intentionally, on purpose.

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Meanings

adverbweetingly (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteObsolete spelling of wittingly (“knowingly”).

    That man is wood That weetingly hastes on the thing he hates

    1659, Henry More, The Immortality of the Soul, so Farre Forth as It is Demonstrable from the Knowledge of Nature and the Light of Reason, London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for William Morden […], →OCLC
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    all mens hearts with secret ravishment He stole away, and weetingly beguyld

    1595, Ed. Spencer [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “Astrophel. A Pastoral Elegie vpon the Death of the Most Noble and Valorous Knight, Sir Philip Sidney.”, in Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

Equivalent to weeting + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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