designedly
1
7.7
- adverb
- /dɪˈzaɪnɪdli/
- Formal
- Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies that endeavor to distract attention from the real issues involved, and they actually paralyze what slight powers of cerebration man can normally muster.
Examples
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She was able to see the designedly casual handshake as they parted and to hear the heels of their boots on the cobbles going away in separate directions.
Fiction book (1998) -
I see a bird which I want for food, take my gun, and kill it; I do this designedly.
Academic text (1995) -
Do you believe (I really should like to hear) that God designedly killed this man?
Academic text (1995) -
The English philosopher Francis Bacon noted that "things alter for the worse spontaneously if they are not altered for the better designedly."
Academic text (2012) -
He designedly avoided the topic to keep the conversation light.
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She designedly wore bright colors to stand out at the event.
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The author designedly included various themes to challenge his readers.
Synonyms
270
3.7
To do something on purpose and with care
259
1.6
By choice, not by accident
175
3.1
In a way that someone does something on purpose, not by accident
70
3.5
To do something on purpose
51
3.1
Someone does this because they decide to, not because they must
40
4.0
On purpose as part of a plan
30
3.9
To act in a determined way to reach a clear goal
3
7.4
In a careful way after thinking about what might happen
3
7.5
In a way that shows you know what you are doing
1
8.1
In a planned way before doing something
1
7.3
In a way that shows a person wants to say something without words
1
7.7
To do something carefully on purpose to make an impression
1
6.5
In a way done on purpose
1
8.2
Carefully and on purpose
Antonyms
How Deliberate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Designedly comes from design, which means 'a plan' or 'purpose'. Think of a designer who makes a plan, so something done designedly is done 'on purpose' and in a planned way.