Especially
Especially adverb - In the specific case of one person or thing as distinguished from others.
Knowingly and especially are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Knowingly" instead an adverb "Especially".
Nearby Word: especial
Knowingly
Knowingly adverb - With full awareness of what one is doing.
Especially and knowingly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Especially" instead an adverb "Knowingly".
Nearby Word: knowing
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Ultimate Job Security: Quenser and Heivia could easily be discharged for some of their stunts, especially the incidents where they knowingly opened fire on fellow Kingdom soldiers.
Source: Light Novel / Heavy Object -
It's possible (this part isn't as clear) that she, in turn, mistook his smile as him returning her advances knowingly/favorably, especially since the way he smiled mirrored her own.
- Everybody Is Jesusin Purgatory: probably cultivated knowingly, as the story has a lot of obviously allegorical elements, especially in "Writing on the Blind", but what exactly do this represents is never clear.
Source: Literature / On Heroes and Tombs
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