intentionally

[ in-ten-shuh-nl-ee ]

adverb

1. 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.

2. 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 Words From

• sub·in·ten·tion·al·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of intentionally¹

intentional ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

The low numbers were partially intentional, with the museums capping attendance and operating on a reduced schedule.

From Washington Post

Kumar said we should be intentional about how we interact with others, and we shouldn’t let fears of awkwardness dictate how we communicate.

From Washington Post

The agency has the power to fine businesses $2,500 for each violation of the CPRA or $7,500 for what it deems are “intentional violations” or those that involve minors.

From Digiday

Second, those who were left out by intentional policy choices — namely, the spouses and children of undocumented immigrants and approximately 2 million inmates of prisons and jails.

From ProPublica

The Governing Board and I celebrate the growth and change we have made as a college and remain committed to this intentional work.

From Voice of San Diego

“Lying is intentionally, intentionally misleading someone, all right,” he told Newsmax.

From The Daily Beast

The marketing for the film was designed to intentionally mislead viewers into believing that it was based on a true story.

From The Daily Beast

We have intentionally kept Pomplamoose very light and fun.

From The Daily Beast

That a few white and Western-trained doctors have intentionally used disease to harm Africans in the past.

From The Daily Beast

There are people who intentionally stoke the flames of hate against our community.

From The Daily Beast

Though monuments may be moved intentionally or by natural causes, they can be more trusted in the long run of things.

From Project Gutenberg

To cease living together for the time fixed by statute is not desertion unless this was done intentionally.

From Project Gutenberg

If an inventor intentionally conceals facts or misleads the public by an erroneous description, his patent is void.

From Project Gutenberg

But death—the taking of life—was a selective process, intentionally executed, the result a foreseen conclusion.

From Project Gutenberg

Needless to add that this is ambitious confectioner's verse, intentionally nonsensical.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• deliberately
• willfully