intentionallyadv.
/ɪnˈtɛnʃənəli/ In an intentional manner or relation.† a. In respect of the mind or its workings; by the action of the mind. Obsolete.† b. In respect of intention or purpose, as opposed to performance. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > [adverb] > by action of the mind
intellectuallya1500
intentionallya1676
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. iv. 155 Some things are found out casually or accidentally; some things intentionally.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. viii. 372 Man above all visible Creatures is able to perform that duty intellectually and intentionally.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > [adverb] > in respect of intention or purpose
intentionally1665
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. ii. xi. sig. Q1 They think, That for a Man to be otherwise than Intentionally Religious before his Hair begin to change Colour, were not only to lose the priviledges of Youth, but to incroach upon those of old Age.
c. With intention, on purpose.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > [adverb]
willesOE
with one's willc1175
willes and waldesc1225
adviselya1325
wittinglya1340
wilfullyc1374
witting1377
a-purposea1382
of purpose (also (out) of (a) (set) purpose)a1382
wilfulc1381
willingly1402
of intention1430
knowingly1435
advisedlyc1449
deliberately1471
purpensely1472
purposely1495
prepensedly1496
purpensedly1496
purposedlya1540
proposely?1550
studiously1567
on (also upon) purpose1569
on set purpose1569
of industry1575
affectedly1582
premeditatelya1595
deliberatively1598
consultively1599
intentionallya1673
affectionally1603
by (also out of, on, upon) design1603
intentionately1609
industriouslya1616
perpensedly1624
intendedlya1641
unspontaneously1640
industrously1643
consultedly1645
consideringly1647
designedly1652
premeditatedly1653
wittily1653
intendingly1678
premeditatinglya1679
self-consciously1685
propensely1694
thinkingly1705
accidentally on purpose1711
affectionatelya1716
prepensely?1725
systematically1744
advertently1745
systemically1761
reflectively1775
purposefullya1854
meaningly1867
aimfully1870
purposively1878
designingly1879
proposedly1887
a1673 J. Caryl in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1874) IV. Ps. xci. 13 His meaning is, thou shalt intentionally tread upon them like a conqueror.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 29 Surely, not intentionly, but accidentaly.]
1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 12 I quitted the Fact intentionally..but Providence..always frustrated my Designs.
1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. App. 46 This observation was intentionally made at a different hour almost every day.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 351 I never intentionally wronged any one.
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