Designedly

//dɪˈzaɪ.nɪd.li// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    By design; intentionally; according to plan.

    "But such language is merely intended to heighten the illusion which he has designedly produced, to give his carefully-elaborated poem the air of an improvisation."

Adverb
  1. 1
    with intention; in an intentional manner wordnet

Synonyms

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intentionallyadvisedlyadvisedlyby choiceby designconsciously

Example

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"Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly."

Etymology

From designed + -ly.

Related phrases

according to plan

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