as in deliberately
with full awareness of what one is doing
the witness intentionally gave misleading answers to the questions
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Recent Examples of intentionally
Perez was intentionally walked to load the bases, but the Royals stranded all three runners as Maikel Garcia flew out to right field.
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2025
After pinch hitter Max Muncy was walked intentionally to load the bases with one out, Michael Conforto put the Dodgers up 6-5 with a walk against left-hander Tim Hill.
—Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 31 May 2025
The strategy that made Judge the first Yankees player to intentionally walk twice in the first two innings of a game since Gene Woodling on Aug. 30, 1953, worked once, but led to the only run of the game in its other appearance.
—Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
Were officials intentionally looking the other way?
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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Several Tarrant County school districts accused TAD of deliberately defunding public schools last August.—
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There’s another aspect of the show that mirrors modern times: A seething anger so strong that in one bit Judas deliberately walks into Jesus.—
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Read's defense claims he was left to die by local cops, who then purposely bungled the investigation as part of a cover up.—
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The Four Horsemen purposely placed the money in Bradley's car so he would be framed and arrested.—
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“Intentionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intentionally. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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