intentionally

[US]/ɪnˈtenʃənəli/
[UK]/ɪnˈtenʃənəli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. on purpose, deliberately

Example Sentences

to use equivocal language intentionally

Their team was penalized for intentionally wasting time.

The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused.

5 When a piton is intentionally removed it should be replaced with a fixed hanger or ringbolt.

His wife shotted angrily:"In the early morning,why you intentionally angry with me!"

We report an 82-year-old woman who intentionally ingested about 300 ml of camphorated oil and developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and mortality.

The rhetorical device-pun intentionally uses homophone (phonogram) and polysemous words which can possible generate equivocality in order to punningly express what the speaker is really driving at.

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