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The definition of intentional is something done on purpose.

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If you specifically make a plan to be nice to someone you don't like very much and you are extremely careful to be nice, this is an example of when your nice behavior would be described as intentional.

See intentional in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

having to do with intention or purpose
done purposely; intended

Origin: ML intentionalis

Related Forms:

intentionality noun
intentionally adverb

See intentional in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Done deliberately; intended: an intentional slight. See Synonyms at voluntary.
Having to do with intention.

Related Forms:

in·tenˈtion·al·ly adverb

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