intentionally

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *ten-

Proto-Indo-European *tend-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *téndeti

Proto-Italic *tendō

Latin tendō

Latin intendō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Medieval Latin intentiō

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Medieval Latin -ālis

Medieval Latin intentiōnālisbor.

English intentional

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English intentionally

From intentional + -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛn(t)ʃənəli/, /ɪnˈtɛn(t)ʃnəli/, /ɪnˈtɛn(t)ʃənli/

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Adverb

intentionally (comparative more intentionally, superlative most intentionally)

1. In an intentional manner; on purpose.

   Synonym: knowingly

   Antonym: unintentionally

   • 1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 124–125:

     The body design has been carried out to the requirements of the B.T.C. Design Panel in association with the Design Research Unit and its lines are described as "intentionally unelaborate".

   • 2020 March 8, Jacopo Prisco, “When beauty products were radioactive”, in CNN‎^[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 28 April 2026:

     Today, no one would intentionally smear radioactive materials on their face, but in 1933, the dangers of radioactivity were not yet fully understood.

   • 2024 October 8, DarkSky International, DarkSky International releases guiding principles for responsible astrotourism‎^[2], archived from the original on 20 June 2026:

     Astrotourism has the potential to catalyze positive change and reduce light pollution globally, but it must be pursued intentionally with utmost concern for local communities and the natural environment.

Related terms

• unintentional

Translations

intentional manner, on purpose

• Arabic: عَمْدًا (ʕamdan)
• Armenian: դիտմամբ (hy) (ditmamb)
• Catalan: intencionadament, intencionalment
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 故意 (zh) (gùyì), 蓄意 (zh) (xùyì), 有意 (zh) (yǒuyì), 刻意 (zh) (kèyì), 存心 (zh) (cúnxīn)

• Czech: záměrně (cs)
• Esperanto: intence
• Finnish: tahallaan (fi), tahallisesti (fi)
• French: intentionnellement (fr), à dessein (fr)
• Galician: intencionadamente, intencionalmente
• German: absichtlich (de), vorsätzlich (de), beabsichtigt (de), bewusst (de)
• Greek: επίτηδες (el) (epítides), εκούσια (el) (ekoúsia), ηθελημένα (el) (itheliména), σκόπιμα (el) (skópima)
• Hebrew: ביד רמה (b'yad ramah)
• Hungarian: szándékosan (hu), szántszándékkal (hu), készakarva (hu)
• Japanese: 態と (ja) (わざと, wazato), 意図的に (ja) (itoteki ni)
• Kazakh: әдейі (ädeyi)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بەقەستی (beqestî), بە ئانقەس (be anqes)

• Latin: consiliō
• Malayalam: മനഃപൂർവ്വം (ml) (manaḥpūṟvvaṁ)
• Polish: celowo (pl), rozmyślnie (pl), umyślnie (pl)
• Portuguese: intencionalmente (pt)
• Romanian: intenționat (ro), premeditat (ro), deliberat (ro), dinadins (ro), înadins (ro)
• Russian: наме́ренно (ru) (namérenno), наро́чно (ru) (naróšno), преднаме́ренно (ru) (prednamérenno)
• Slovene: namẹ̄noma
• Spanish: intencionalmente (es), intencionadamente (es)
• Swedish: med flit (sv), avsiktligt (sv)
• Telugu: కావాలని (kāvālani)
• Turkish: kasten (tr), kasıtlıca, kasıtlı olarak

  Ottoman Turkish: مخصوص (mahsus)

• Vietnamese: cố ý (vi), cố tình (vi)