INTENTIONALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intentionally mean? 

• INTENTIONALLY (adverb)
  The adverb INTENTIONALLY has 1 sense:

1. with intention; in an intentional manner

  Familiarity information: INTENTIONALLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTENTIONALLY (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

Antonym:

unintentionally (without intention; in an unintentional manner)

Pertainym:

intentional (characterized by conscious design or purpose)

 Context examples 

A nanoparticle intentionally designed with specific physical properties to meet performance requirements.

(Engineered Nanoparticle, NCI Thesaurus)

In fact, companies often remove these compounds intentionally because of their bitter taste.

(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Had Edward been intentionally deceiving her?

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Any intentionally added component of a finished pharmaceutical product other than the claimed therapeutic or diagnostic ingredient(s).

(Pharmaceutical Excipient, NCI Thesaurus)

My manners must have been in fault, but not intentionally, I assure you.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

The review also distinguishes between information produced incidentally—what scientists call a cue—and information an organism produces intentionally—a signal.

(Study considers sensory impacts of environmental change on ocean species, National Science Foundation)

During the study, the researchers intentionally damage the three main nuclei of the amygdala to determine which region is responsible for the acquisition of conditioned taste aversion (CTA).

(Researchers identify area of the amygdala involved in taste aversion, University of Granada)

Variation of the polymerase chain reaction used to identify differentially expressed genes. mRNA from two different tissue samples is reverse transcribed, then amplified using short, intentionally nonspecific primers.

(Differential Display, NCI Thesaurus)

Abortion brought on intentionally.

(Induced Abortion Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

The consumption of high-fat/low carbohydrate diets has been used as a weight loss program by many, intentionally inducing ketosis to consume fat stores, but these ketogenic diets can cause unwanted side effects related to increased urea production resulting from protein intake and risk of heart disease from increased cholesterol and fat intake.

(Formation of Ketone Bodies from Acetyl-CoA Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)