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# consciously

«consciously» in Mova's school dictionary: **doing: «She consciously chose to be kind»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (consciously); from «conscious»

### meaning for a pupil

1) On purpose and knowing what you are doing: «She consciously chose to be kind». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consciously/#m1)

2) While being aware of something: «I wasn't consciously listening». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consciously/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In PSHE and science lessons, pupils learn the difference between things you do consciously (choosing words) and automatically (breathing, blinking). In stories, «consciously» shows a character's choice. Phrases: consciously decide, consciously aware.

### examples

- I consciously slowed my breathing to calm down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consciously/#x1)
- She consciously chose healthy snacks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consciously/#x2)
- You don't consciously think about blinking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consciously/#x3)
- He consciously tried to listen more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consciously/#x4)
- We made a consciously quiet entrance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consciously/#x5)
- I wasn't consciously aware of the time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consciously/#x6)

### note

Spelling: con-scious-ly, with «sc» and «-ious». Opposite: «unconsciously». Do not confuse «conscious» (aware) with «conscience» (sense of right and wrong).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «consciously» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consciously/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.