wittinglyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 wetandly, wettanly, wetyngly, witandly, witingeliche, wittandly, wittingli, wittingly, wityngli, wityngly, witynly, wytindeliche, wytyngly, equivalent to witting +‎ -ly. Cognate with German wissentlich.

発音

• IPA: /ˈwɪtɪŋli/

副詞

wittingly (comparative more wittingly, superlative most wittingly)

1. in a witting manner, intentionally, on purpose.

   Synonym: witfully

   Antonym: unwittingly

   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], signature M, verso:

     It muſt be ſo offended, it cannot be els, for heere lyes the poynt, if I drowne my ſelfe wittingly, it argues an act, & an act hath three branches, it is to act, to doe, to performe, or all; ſhe drownd her ſelfe wittingly.

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