intentionally
Americanadverb
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on purpose; with conscious intent.
Intentionally weakening standards is shortsighted and unethical to the extreme.
The hives are constructed out of a light-colored wood finished in a color intentionally reminiscent of honey.
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with deliberate consciousness or focus.
Our hope is that people with opposing points of view will engage intentionally over coffee, or better yet, a meal together.
Other Word Forms
- subintentionally adverb
Etymology
Origin of intentionally
Example Sentences
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“When you intentionally or unintentionally step away from household finances, you don’t realize right away that you’re losing agency and options, but over time you start to feel it,” Heather says.
Being able to switch these cells on intentionally could give scientists a new tool for directing immune responses against particular diseases.
From Science Daily
“I wonder if they’re intentionally not giving them enough salmon to so create discord and chaos,” said one viewer, “It’s gotta be such good salmon. A good smoked salmon can change your life.”
From Salon
“This was written very intentionally as a story with a beginning, middle, end,” Greenberg said in a recent video interview from her Los Angeles home.
From Los Angeles Times
The inner workings of cartels are intentionally opaque to the outside world.
From Los Angeles Times
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