intentionally

adverb

in·​ten·​tion·​al·​ly in-ˈten(t)-shə-nᵊl-ē 

-ˈtench-nə-lē

: in an intentional manner : with awareness of what one is doing : purposely

an intentionally vague response

The witness intentionally gave misleading answers to the questions.

The test is intentionally designed to trick students.

Synonyms of intentionally

• deliberately
• purposely

Examples of intentionally in a Sentence

the witness intentionally gave misleading answers to the questions

Recent Examples on the Web

These skills are very close to those the AI companies intentionally train for. — Geoffrey Irving, Time, 3 Oct. 2026

The Justice Department joined the UCLA medical school suit in January and issued a finding in May accusing the school of intentionally considering race in selecting students. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Two months before launching Dots, OpenAI disclosed that models in a cybersecurity test had gained unauthorized access to Hugging Face’s infrastructure, with safeguards intentionally disabled for the test. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Digger is, first and foremost, a parable—without spoiling the plot, its events are intentionally exaggerated to make a point about humans and climate change. — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1673, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for intentionally

• conventionally
• dimensionally
• unintentionally