INTENTIONALLY Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

intentionally

adverb

in-ˈten(t)-shə-nᵊl-ē

Definition of intentionally next

as in deliberately

with full awareness of what one is doing the witness intentionally gave misleading answers to the questions

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Recent Examples of intentionally However, new safeguards quickly frustrated AI researchers, who accused the company of intentionally lobotomizing Fable 5. —

Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 11 June 2026 With a runner on second and two outs in the fifth, Sandburg elected to intentionally walk Illinois recruit Joey Ireland to get to Fernandez. —

Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026 Prosecutors accused Lander of causing a disturbance on federal property by allegedly intentionally blocking an elevator and ignoring warnings to move. —

Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 11 June 2026 Sarnoski, intentionally trying to disturb the viewer, takes us to the depths of humanity only to bring us back from the brink. —

Pete Hammond, Deadline, 11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for intentionally

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The extent to which anybody else is aware of the time-loop is ambiguous; the ship’s skipper is an elderly man with no memory of his name, and at times it’s implied that the town has deliberately trapped these men.

— Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 17 June 2026
Jackson called the allegations knowingly false and deliberately timed to damage him among conservative voters as polling showed the race tightening.

— Christopher Harris, CBS News, 16 June 2026