designedly

adverb

Definition of designedlynext
as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing the puzzle was designedly difficult to decipher

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for designedly
  1. intentionally
  2. deliberately
  3. purposely
Adverb
  • Beyond what can be seen externally, which was intentionally kept to a minimum, the piece extends underneath the laces to enable greater lockdown.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026
  • During her April 2024 trial, prosecutors accused Read of drunkenly hitting and killing O’Keefe with her car, either intentionally or unintentionally while being under the influence.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of intentionally
Adverb
  • Prosecutors, however, claimed Clancy deliberately killed her children and charged her with first-degree murder.
    — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026
  • No self-respecting living thing would deliberately sniff, let alone eat, any part of the plant, which also contains highly toxic steroidal alkaloids.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of deliberately
Adverb
  • These fish can’t really be classified as invasive, however, because the state purposely stocked the South American imports in the early 1980s for two reasons.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The museum in the book is a purposely generic version of a recognizable major art museum like the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of purposely
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