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Designedly

Designedly \De*sign"ed*ly\, adv. By design; purposely; intentionally; -- opposed to accidentally, ignorantly, or inadvertently.

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designedly

adv. In a designed manner; by design; intentionally; according to plan.

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designedly

adv. with intention; in an intentional manner; "he used that word intentionally"; "I did this by choice" [syn: intentionally, deliberately, on purpose, purposely, advisedly, by choice, by design] [ant: by chance, unintentionally, unintentionally]

Usage examples of "designedly".

I cannot believe that Jones was designedly tempted by his fair one to look behind him, yet as she frequently wanted his assistance help her over stiles, and had besides many trips and other accidents, he was often obliged to turn about.

As we had had no new prisoners nor any papers for some weeks--the papers being doubtless designedly kept away from us--we were at a loss to know what this meant.

The door of the assembly had been designedly left open, for a mixed multitude of more than a thousand persons, who reflected disgrace upon their rank, instead of deriving honor from it.