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
The red-hot Columbus Blue Jackets, for example, intentionally put off getting down to business with a group of pending unrestricted free agents that includes captain Boone Jenner, Charlie Coyle and Mason Marchment ahead of the break.
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Chris Johnston, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Jurors on Tuesday also found true the allegations that Moore intentionally discharged a firearm causing death, personally used a firearm and inflicted great bodily injury in the shootings.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Matt Schlicht, the creator of Moltbook, developed the site specifically to work with OpenClaw agents, which individual humans could intentionally connect to the forum.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
Hayes has done the same—often intentionally—but says this isn't a habit guests will look at fondly.
—Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 4 Feb. 2026
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Chris Johnston, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Jurors on Tuesday also found true the allegations that Moore intentionally discharged a firearm causing death, personally used a firearm and inflicted great bodily injury in the shootings.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Matt Schlicht, the creator of Moltbook, developed the site specifically to work with OpenClaw agents, which individual humans could intentionally connect to the forum.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
Hayes has done the same—often intentionally—but says this isn't a habit guests will look at fondly.
—Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intentionally
Adverb
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The performance is deliberately showy, and some voters may feel the virtuosity outweighs emotional revelation.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2026
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There is another kind of voter fraud which has escaped the attention--whether accidentally or deliberately--of the media.—
Cal Thomas,
Arkansas Online,
10 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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As the name suggests, a prescribed fire is when a predetermined area is purposely burned under certain pre-planned conditions.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Feb. 2026
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Many of the ones that were found appear to have been purposely discarded.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Intentionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intentionally. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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