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intentionally

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of intentionally

with full awareness of what one is doing

  • the witness intentionally gave misleading answers to the questions
Synonyms of intentionally

advisedly, consciously, deliberately, designedly, knowingly, purposefully, purposely, purposively, willfully, wittingly
Words Related to intentionally

calculatedly, studiedly

voluntarily, willingly

premeditatedly
Phrases Synonymous with intentionally

on purpose
Near Antonyms of intentionally

accidentally, incidentally

haphazardly, randomly

involuntarily, unwillingly

impulsively, instinctively, spontaneously
Antonyms of intentionally

inadvertently, unconsciously, unintentionally, unknowingly, unwittingly

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