intentionally
adv.on purpose. You use this when someone does something because they planned to do it, not by accident.
adv.done in a deliberate or purposeful manner. Often used to assign responsibility or agency to an action.
“He intentionally left his phone at home.”
“The lawyer argued that the defendant intentionally damaged the property to collect the insurance money.”
“While some errors in the manuscript were accidental, the author intentionally omitted certain controversial details to avoid legal repercussions from the estate.”
Typically placed before the main verb or at the end of the clause.
Learners often use the adjective form 'intentional' when an adverb is required to modify the verb.
“For many young couples, especially those raising children, exercising together may require intentionally carving out time.”
“Google doesn’t want to give people an easy path to attack SynthID, so access is intentionally limited.”
Common in science writing
From intentional + -ly.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.