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by design

ADVERB
deliberately
Synonyms
STRONGEST
consciously knowingly pointedly purposely studiously voluntarily willfully
STRONG
advisedly
WEAK
after consideration apurpose calculatingly designed determinedly emphatically freely in cold blood independently meaningfully on purpose premeditatively prepensely purposively resolutely to that end with a view to with eyes wide open with malice aforethought without qualms wittingly
Antonyms
WEAK
indetermindedly unintentionally unwittingly
ADVERB
designedly
Synonyms
STRONG
deliberately purposely
WEAK
apurpose calculatedly knowingly on purpose prepensely purposedly purposively studiously willfully wittingly
Antonyms
STRONG
unintentionally
WEAK
innocently unconsciously unknowingly unwittingly
ADVERB
malice aforethought
Synonyms
WEAK
deliberate malice full intent in cold blood malice prepense
ADVERB
on purpose
Synonyms
WEAK
after consideration calculatingly consciously deliberately designed freely in cold blood intentionally knowingly of one's own free will premeditatedly premeditatively purposefully purposely purposively voluntarily willfully with eyes wide open with full intent wittingly
ADVERB
purposely
Synonyms
STRONGEST
consciously deliberately explicitly expressly knowingly willfully
STRONG
advisedly designedly
WEAK
calculatedly on purpose prepensely purposedly with intent
Antonyms
WEAK
impulsively spontaneously unintentionally

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“That was by design — to infuse the club and the community and grow that,” Reynolds said of he and his partner’s aims.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

The role’s ambiguity, offering no hint of seniority or rank, is by design.

From MarketWatch • May 9, 2026

Academic experts say the system’s secrecy is by design.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

This ambiguity is, at least partly, by design.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

In any case, shortly after Ruess carved his mark into the sandstone, he departed Davis Gulch and mysteriously disappeared, apparently by design.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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