Read full poem →improbable or frankly impossible. The language is frequently archaic and
designedly unfamiliar. Much of the machinery and properties used in
carrying on the story, such as speaking myrtles, magic mirrors, swords,
Dictionary Entry
By design; intentionally; according to plan.
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Common Phrases
. designedlymade designedlyleft designedlyomitted designedlykept designedly
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Poetry examples for “designedly”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →to Thebes." The letter, which Byron characterizes as "curious," is by no
means conclusive, and to judge from the designedly mysterious references
in the Journal, dated November 16 and December 5, and in the second
Read full poem →Or I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord,
A scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropt,
Bearing the owner’s name someway in the corners, that we may see