Meaning & use
advertently
On purpose and with deliberate attention; intentionally rather than by accident.
See it in a sentence
He advertently left out the controversial paragraph to avoid upsetting the board.
The editor advertently changed the ending to give the story a more hopeful tone.
A note on using this word
Advertently is rare in everyday speech; it survives mainly as the logical counterpart to the far more common 'inadvertently.'
Words with a similar meaning
deliberatelyintentionally
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