Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- By design; purposely; intentionally: opposed to accidentally, ignorantly, or inadvertently.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb By design; purposely; intentionally; -- opposed to
accidentally ,ignorantly , orinadvertently .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
designed manner; bydesign ;intentionally ;according to plan .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with intention; in an intentional manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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I use the term designedly, my Lord, because I mean to say that they are in Language, in religion, in manner and in attachment completely French. "
The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor Oscar Douglas Skelton 1909
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A conscientious monarch who has not the happiness, and I use the word designedly, the happiness to have a parliament as in England, makes a habit of every thing, in order to avoid making too much use of his own will: and in the present times we must abandon ancient usages, and look for strength of character and understanding, wherever they can be found.
Ten Years' Exile Necker, Anne L G 1821
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A conscientious monarch who has not the happiness, and I use the word designedly, the happiness to have
Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son. Auguste Louis Baron de [Editor] Stael-Holstein 1791
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She bit her lips almost imperceptibly, as if to blame herself for her imprudence, but had she mentioned Guy's name designedly, she could not have been better satisfied with the result.
His Excellency the Minister Jules Claretie 1876
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: 'It is deeply pejorative to call someone a "climate change denier" … it is a phrase designedly reminiscent of the idea of Holocaust denial - the label applied to those misguided or wicked people who believe, or claim to believe, the Nazis did not annihilate the Jews, and others, in very great numbers.'
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009
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The phrase translated by 'designedly' here is actually ex intentione; but ex intentione does not signify design but orientation.
John Farrell: Intelligent Design: Losing the Catholics John Farrell 2010
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The phrase translated by 'designedly' here is actually ex intentione; but ex intentione does not signify design but orientation.
John Farrell: Intelligent Design: Losing the Catholics John Farrell 2010
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The phrase translated by 'designedly' here is actually ex intentione; but ex intentione does not signify design but orientation.
John Farrell: Intelligent Design: Losing The Catholics John Farrell 2010
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The phrase translated by 'designedly' here is actually ex intentione; but ex intentione does not signify design but orientation.
John Farrell: Intelligent Design: Losing The Catholics John Farrell 2010
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I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent & omnipotent God would have designedly created the Ichneumonidæ with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of caterpillars, or that a cat should play with mice.
Michael Ruse: Darwinism And The Problem Of Evil Michael Ruse 2011
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