designedly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for designedly
Adverb
  • Verbatim Thurgood Marshall In a speech marking the bicentennial of the US Constitution, Marshall argued that its framers intentionally inscribed slavery into the American economy.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The Charlotte Observer asked CATS spokesperson Brett Baldeck whether the agency was intentionally shifting away from armed security.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • City police said the blast before dawn in northern Munich at a residential building, which had been deliberately set on fire, appeared connected to a domestic dispute.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Program officials set a two-year path to mass production following test completion, with full Taiwan manufacture and target unit costs in the low hundreds of thousands USD, deliberately priced for salvo fire.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • One day, calling kids up to get pizza for a class lunch, the teacher repeatedly and purposely bungled her name.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
  • In fact, the camera almost seems to purposely tilt up to reveal the second exit sign above her head, as if to call attention to it.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Designedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/designedly. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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