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Etymology

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Etymology tree
English designed
Proto-Indo-European *leyg- der.
Proto-Germanic *līką der.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English designedly

    From designed + -ly .

    Pronunciation

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    Adverb

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    designedly (comparative more designedly, superlative most designedly)

    1. By design; intentionally; according to plan.
      • 1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar , chapter 5, page 76:
        But such language is merely intended to heighten the illusion which he has designedly produced, to give his carefully-elaborated poem the air of an improvisation.
      • 1962 November, "Talking of Trains: The one-day strike", in Modern Railways, page 291:
        The unions themselves had accepted the inevitability of some reduction because of the designedly more durable character of modern equipment—[...].

    Translations

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    in a designed manner

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