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CONSCIOUSLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

With awareness

Example:

she consciously played with the idea of inviting them

Classified under:

Adverbs

Antonym:

unconsciously (without awareness)

Pertainym:

conscious (knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Self consciously, with his authoritative arms breaking the way, we pushed through the still gathering crowd, passing a hurried doctor, case in hand, who had been sent for in wild hope half an hour ago.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)