intentionally

English

Etymology

From intentional +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛn(t)ʃənəli/, /ɪnˈtɛn(t)ʃnəli/, /ɪnˈtɛn(t)ʃənli/

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Adverb

intentionally (comparative more intentionally, superlative most intentionally)

1. In an intentional manner; on purpose.

   Synonym: knowingly

   Antonym: unintentionally

   • 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".

   • 2020 March 8, Jacopo Prisco, “When beauty products were radioactive”, in CNN‎:

     Today, no one would intentionally smear radioactive materials on their face, but in 1933, the dangers of radioactivity were not yet fully understood.

   • 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.

Related terms

• unintentional

Translations

intentional manner, on purpose

Arabic: عَمْدًا (ʕamdan) 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) Ottoman Turkish: مخصوص (mahsus) Polish: celowo (pl), rozmyślnie (pl), umyślnie (pl) Portuguese: intencionalmente (pt) Romanian: intenționat (ro), premeditat (ro), deliberat (ro), dinadins (ro), înadins (ro) Russian: наме́ренно (ru) (namérenno), наро́чно (ru) (naróšno), преднаме́ренно (ru) (prednamérenno) Slovene: namẹ̄noma Spanish: intencionalmente (es) Swedish: med flit (sv), avsiktligt (sv) Telugu: కావాలని (kāvālani) Turkish: kasten (tr), kasıtlıca Vietnamese: cố ý (vi), cố tình (vi)