Intended and Optional

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Intended adjective - Made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing.

Usage example: you may feign innocence, but I know that that last remark was an intended dig

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Optional and intended are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Optional" instead an adjective "Intended".

Nearby Words: intentional, intending, intension

Optional adjective - Subject to one's freedom of choice.

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Intended and optional are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Intended" instead an adjective "Optional".

Nearby Words: option, optionally

The nay-sayers angrily forecast that it heralds the end of the series, its defenders argue that the feature is optional and intended for newcomers to the series, often insinuating that those objecting to it are really just unhappy to see new players in their fandom at all.

Source: Broken Base / Fire Emblem Fates
GURPS Martial Arts supplement included an optional rule intended to simulate this very trope called "Bulletproof Nudity".

Source: The Coats Are Off
Alf may have been intended to summon other Rogress as well, including Simmah, Gula and the three optional Rogress that he can never obtain in-story as he has vocals for summoning them.

Source: Video Game / Arc Rise Fantasia

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