designedly
/di'zainidli/
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Definition
- Adverb:
- Intentionally; on purpose; with deliberate intent: "Designedly" describes an action performed with conscious planning and forethought, not by accident or chance.
Usage
- Position in Sentence: Typically placed before the main verb or at the end of a clause to modify the action.
- Formality: This is a formal or literary adverb. In everyday speech, "intentionally" or "deliberately" are more common.
Examples
- Adverb:
- The software was designedly simple to ensure ease of use for beginners.
- She left the document on his desk designedly, hoping he would find it.
- The ambiguity in the statement was designedly vague to allow for multiple interpretations.
Advanced Usage
- "To act designedly": to act with a specific, premeditated purpose.
- The agent acted designedly to avoid raising any suspicion.
- Contrast with "Accidentally": "Designedly" explicitly contrasts with actions that are unintended.
- The error was not made designedly; it was an honest mistake.
Variants and Related Words
- Design (verb): To plan or intend for a specific purpose.
- They designed the park for community events.
- Designed (adjective): Planned or created intentionally.
- This is a highly designed environment.
- By design (idiomatic phrase): As a result of a plan; intentionally.
- The meeting ended early by design.
Synonyms
- Intentionally: Done on purpose.
- Deliberately: With careful consideration or intent.
- Purposely: With a specific purpose in mind.
- Willfully: With stubborn or intentional determination.
Antonyms
- Accidentally: By chance; without intent.
- Inadvertently: Without intention; accidentally.
- Unintentionally: Not done on purpose.
Related Idioms/Phrases
- With malice aforethought: A legal phrase meaning with prior intent to do harm, often more severe than simply "designedly."
- Calculated move: An action taken after careful thought and planning, similar in meaning to an action done designedly.
Adverb
- with intention; in an intentional manner
- he used that word intentionally
- I did this by choice