intentionally

English

Etymology

From intentional +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

intentionally (comparative more intentionally, superlative most intentionally)

1. In an intentional manner; on purpose.
   • 1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 124–125:

     The body design has been carried out to the requirements of the B.T.C. Design Panel in association with the Design Research Unit and its lines are described as "intentionally unelaborate".

   • 2024 October 8, DarkSky International, DarkSky International releases guiding principles for responsible astrotourism‎:

     Astrotourism has the potential to catalyze positive change and reduce light pollution globally, but it must be pursued intentionally with utmost concern for local communities and the natural environment.

Synonyms

• knowingly

Antonyms

• unintentionally

Translations

intentional manner, on purpose

Armenian: դիտմամբ (hy) (ditmamb) Catalan: intencionadament, intencionalment Chinese: Mandarin: 故意 (zh) (gùyì), 蓄意 (zh) (xùyì), 有意 (zh) (yǒuyì), 刻意 (zh) (kèyì), 存心 (zh) (cúnxīn) Czech: záměrně (cs) Esperanto: intence Finnish: tahallaan (fi), tahallisesti (fi) French: intentionnellement (fr), à dessein (fr) Galician: intencionadamente, intencionalmente German: absichtlich (de), vorsätzlich (de), beabsichtigt (de), bewusst (de) Greek: επίτηδες (el) (epítides), εκούσια (el) (ekoúsia), ηθελημένα (el) (itheliména), σκόπιμα (el) (skópima) Hebrew: ביד רמה (b'yad ramah) Hungarian: szándékosan (hu), szántszándékkal (hu), készakarva (hu) Japanese: 態と (ja) (わざと, wazato), 意図的に (ja) (itoteki ni) Kazakh: әдейі (ädeiı) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: بەقەستی (beqestî), بە ئانقەس (be anqes) Latin: consiliō Malayalam: മനഃപൂർവ്വം (ml) (manaḥpūṟvvaṁ) Portuguese: intencionalmente (pt) Romanian: intenționat (ro), premeditat (ro), deliberat (ro), dinadins (ro), înadins (ro) Russian: наме́ренно (ru) (namérenno), наро́чно (ru) (naróšno), преднаме́ренно (ru) (prednamérenno) Spanish: intencionalmente Swedish: med flit (sv), avsiktligt (sv) Telugu: కావాలని (kāvālani) Vietnamese: cố ý (vi), cố tình (vi)