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with eyes wide open

ADVERB
deliberately
Synonyms
STRONGEST
consciously knowingly pointedly purposely studiously voluntarily willfully
STRONG
advisedly
WEAK
after consideration apurpose by design calculatingly designed determinedly emphatically freely in cold blood independently meaningfully on purpose premeditatively prepensely purposively resolutely to that end with a view to with malice aforethought without qualms wittingly
Antonyms
WEAK
indetermindedly unintentionally unwittingly
ADVERB
on purpose
Synonyms
WEAK
after consideration by design calculatingly consciously deliberately designed freely in cold blood intentionally knowingly of one's own free will premeditatedly premeditatively purposefully purposely purposively voluntarily willfully with full intent wittingly

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Kristof says of Ursula that she “charts her course in full light with eyes wide open, and still she chooses danger. Chooses — over and over — not to surrender.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

"We all come in with eyes wide open, we know what the challenge is."

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023

"That needs to be gone into with eyes wide open."

From Reuters • May 16, 2023

The scene in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in which Jack Nicholson’s character convulsed with eyes wide open came to mind.

From Slate • Dec. 21, 2022

Looking at me, hijabless, taking me in with eyes wide open, surprised.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

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