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^[1]:

     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)