INTENTIONALLY Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

intentionally

adverb

in-ˈten(t)-shə-nᵊl-ē

Definition of intentionally

as in deliberately

with full awareness of what one is doing the witness intentionally gave misleading answers to the questions

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Recent Examples of intentionally Leadership is built through judgment, communication and experience, and those skills still need to be intentionally developed. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 He was later released on bail and charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, intentionally chok[ing a] person without consent and common assault. — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 And as recently as March 2014, Viacom was suing Google and YouTube, alleging YouTube intentionally allowed users to upload copyrighted shows like SpongeBob SquarePants. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 1 Sep. 2026 The idea that grew out of those conversations was intentionally simple. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for intentionally

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Smotrich and his partners have dispersed new settlements in places with high tactical importance, deliberately separating areas under Palestinian control to disrupt the territorial continuity that could one day form the basis of a Palestinian state.

— Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2026
In other words, the curtains were part of the plan, not a last-minute attempt to conceal thousands of empty seats — and Carlile was working within an arena deliberately reshaped to fit the occasion.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of deliberately

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These fish can’t really be classified as invasive, however, because the state purposely stocked the South American imports in the early 1980s for two reasons.

— Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2026
The museum in the book is a purposely generic version of a recognizable major art museum like the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026

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