Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • By design; purposely; intentionally: opposed to accidentally, ignorantly, or inadvertently.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb By design; purposely; intentionally; -- opposed to accidentally, ignorantly, or inadvertently.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a designed manner; by design; intentionally; according to plan.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb with intention; in an intentional manner

Etymologies

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designed +‎ -ly

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