with eyes wide open

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deliberately adv.
on purpose adv.

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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with eyes wide open

"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

"But at the same time they are very mindful about entering an outright conflict. They're looking at each other's rhetoric with eyes wide open, and both sides are trying to temper the risk."

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2022

“I definitely walked away with eyes wide open after that,” Shiffrin said Friday.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2021

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

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

with eyes wide open

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