designedly

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Etymology

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From designed +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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designedly (comparative more designedly, superlative most designedly)

  1. By design; intentionally; according to plan.
    • 1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 5, page 76:
      But such language is merely intended to heighten the illusion which he has designedly produced, to give his carefully-elaborated poem the air of an improvisation.
    • 1962 November, “Talking of Trains: The one-day strike”, in Modern Railways, page 291:
      The unions themselves had accepted the inevitability of some reduction because of the designedly more durable character of modern equipment—[...].

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