BY DESIGN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does by design mean? 

• BY DESIGN (adverb)
  The adverb BY DESIGN has 1 sense:

1. with intention; in an intentional manner

  Familiarity information: BY DESIGN used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BY DESIGN (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With intention; in an intentional manner

Synonyms:

advisedly; by choice; by design; deliberately; designedly; intentionally; on purpose; purposely

Context example:

I did this by choice

 Context examples 

But these are not Jane's feelings; she is not acting by design.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

This can be by design or by error.

(Incomplete Oophorectomy, NCI Thesaurus)

About a year ago, she was taken from school, and an establishment formed for her in London; and last summer she went with the lady who presided over it, to Ramsgate; and thither also went Mr. Wickham, undoubtedly by design; for there proved to have been a prior acquaintance between him and Mrs. Younge, in whose character we were most unhappily deceived; and by her connivance and aid, he so far recommended himself to Georgiana, whose affectionate heart retained a strong impression of his kindness to her as a child, that she was persuaded to believe herself in love, and to consent to an elopement.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)