secondary intention
Americannoun
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In this way, it was very clear that the play was designed for a hearing audience with a secondary intention of being accessible to the deaf.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 29, 2015
I don't believe that the old Venetian had any secondary intention.
From Venus in Furs by Savage, Fernanda
It is probably earlier than the Alcestis, and is interesting because it shows Euripides writing for once without any arrière pensée, or secondary intention.
From Euripedes and His Age by Murray, Gilbert
For Jacobeans this interior dialogue, with its "secondary intention" marches like muted music through the pages of the latter period.
From Unicorns by Huneker, James
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