Intentional and Special

Intentional

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

Special and intentional are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Special" instead an adjective "Intentional".

Special

Special adjective - Being the one or ones of a class with no other members.

Intentional and special are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Intentional" instead an adjective "Special".

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Puma Man His pose was probably intentional (he's trying to imitate a four-legged "pouncing" pose rather than a Superman-like flying pose), but the terrible special effects are probably not intentional.
  • The game designers state that this was intentional, so that encounters with dragons always feel special.
  • Recap / Doctor Who 50th Prequel "The Night of the Doctor" This was helped by intentional subterfuge by the BBC in promoting the mini-episode, stating that it would feature one of the Doctors appearing in the anniversary special.
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