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# intentionally

«intentionally» in Mova's school dictionary: **On purpose; meaning to do it, not by accident** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (intentionally)

### meaning for a pupil

On purpose; meaning to do it, not by accident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intentionally/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In school and playground fairness: «Did you push him intentionally?» In ethics and law: doing harm intentionally is treated more seriously than doing it by accident. It tells the reader the action was planned or wanted.

### examples

- She didn't break the vase intentionally; it slipped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intentionally/#x1)
- He intentionally left the door open for the cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intentionally/#x2)
- The referee said the foul was done intentionally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intentionally/#x3)
- Never hurt an animal intentionally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intentionally/#x4)
- I intentionally kept the surprise secret. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intentionally/#x5)
- The page was left blank intentionally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intentionally/#x6)

### note

Adjective: intentional; noun: intention. Opposites: accidentally, by accident, unintentionally. Synonyms: on purpose, deliberately. Spelling: double n and double l.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «intentionally» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intentionally/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.