intentionally
adverb
in·ten·tion·al·ly
in-ˈten(t)-shə-nᵊl-ē 
-ˈtench-nə-lē
: in an intentional manner : with awareness of what one is doing : purposely
an intentionally vague response
The witness intentionally gave misleading answers to the questions.
The test is intentionally designed to trick students.
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Many bills also seek to penalize those who use AI tools to intentionally spread misleading content.
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Vera Bergengruen, TIME, 23 Apr. 2024
The photography throughout is intentionally ugly; the recipes themselves are almost confrontationally bizarre.
—Hannah Whitaker, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2024
Coming up with runners on second and third and two outs in the seventh after Arizona pulled ahead again, Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo opted to intentionally walk Yastrzemski, loading the bases.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2024
The answer, according to the Montana Supreme Court’s 4-3 ruling last October, is that Groo intentionally tagged people in Montana, and as a result, clients canceled contracts with Triple D.
Groo appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which rejected her case in March of this year.
—Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2024
Under New York law, misdemeanor assault is fairly simple: It is defined as intentionally striking another person, causing injury.
—Chelsia Rose Marcius, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
Ortega intentionally walked Wyatt super sophomore Jorvorskie Lane Jr. to load the bases for Washington.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2024
The Hogs intentionally walked Petry to load the bases and Smith struck out Dalton Reeves looking to escape further damage.
—Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 20 Apr. 2024
The couple’s breakup was confirmed by PEOPLE in April 2023, and a year on from their split an Alwyn source tells PEOPLE that the British actor, 33, intentionally kept his relationship with the pop superstar — who just released her latest album The Tortured Poets Department — out of the public eye.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
Vera Bergengruen, TIME, 23 Apr. 2024
The photography throughout is intentionally ugly; the recipes themselves are almost confrontationally bizarre.
—Hannah Whitaker, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2024
Coming up with runners on second and third and two outs in the seventh after Arizona pulled ahead again, Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo opted to intentionally walk Yastrzemski, loading the bases.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2024
The answer, according to the Montana Supreme Court’s 4-3 ruling last October, is that Groo intentionally tagged people in Montana, and as a result, clients canceled contracts with Triple D.
Groo appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which rejected her case in March of this year.
—Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2024
Under New York law, misdemeanor assault is fairly simple: It is defined as intentionally striking another person, causing injury.
—Chelsia Rose Marcius, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
Ortega intentionally walked Wyatt super sophomore Jorvorskie Lane Jr. to load the bases for Washington.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2024
The Hogs intentionally walked Petry to load the bases and Smith struck out Dalton Reeves looking to escape further damage.
—Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 20 Apr. 2024
The couple’s breakup was confirmed by PEOPLE in April 2023, and a year on from their split an Alwyn source tells PEOPLE that the British actor, 33, intentionally kept his relationship with the pop superstar — who just released her latest album The Tortured Poets Department — out of the public eye.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
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“Intentionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intentionally. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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