witting
knowing; aware; conscious.
North England. knowledge.
Origin of witting
1Other words from witting
- wit·ting·ly, adverb
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How to use witting in a sentence
Wittingly or no, Tamerlan was a step ahead of them, having flown to Moscow on July 16, two days after Plotnikov was killed.
Katherine Russell Under Scrutiny After Female DNA Found on Boston Bomb | Michael Daly | April 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTShe could introduce discord into a family without even acknowledging to herself that she had done it wittingly.
Sevenoaks | J. G. HollandMorris and these others played with it wittingly; it gave a zest, a touch of substance, to their aesthetic pleasures.
Tono Bungay | H. G. WellsBut where the penitent wittingly or unwittingly is in the position of an accomplice, what then, Father Pifferi?
The Eternal City | Hall CaineThe cabinet members who, wittingly or unwittingly, had encouraged him in this he some weeks later stigmatized as a set of geese.
A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln | John G. Nicolay
Spoken of a person who has wittingly placed himself in difficulties, and who attributes his bad position to fortune.
The Proverbs of Scotland | Alexander Hislop
British Dictionary definitions for witting
/ (ˈwɪtɪŋ) /
deliberate; intentional: a witting insult
aware; knowing
Derived forms of witting
- wittingly, adverb
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