adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a conscious manner.

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1690.  Locke, Hum. Und., II. xxvii. (R.). The same thinking thing would be always consciously present.

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1709.  Steele, Tatler, No. 49, ¶ 5. [They] often consciously and knowingly embrace where they are mutually indifferent.

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1816.  Shelley, Alastor, 14. If no bright bird, insect, or gentle beast I consciously have injured.

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1881.  Seeley, in Macm. Mag., XLV. 51. Directly or indirectly, consciously or unconsciously, we base our political opinions upon history.

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