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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

Example Sentences

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As its organizers explained to the Guardian, this is mostly by design.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

A cyber security expert told Forbes last year that Max is “insecure by design to serve its purpose: people surveillance.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

This ambiguity is, at least partly, by design.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

First, by design, annuities reallocate money from those who die early to those who live forever.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

He had come to this tower-keep by chance, and yet the chance was all design; or he had come by design and yet all the design had merely chanced to come about.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin