일부러

ilbureo · [일부러]

specially · expressly · deliberately · intentionally

adverbIntermediate

Meanings

  1. specially; expresslyAttentively with a certain thought.
  2. deliberately; intentionallyWith one's real purpose or intention hidden.

Examples from Lessons (3)

When did I ever do that on purpose?

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일부러 너를 걱정시키려고 했던 건 아니야.

I didn't mean to make you worry.

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You're right, the author must have made the readers laugh on purpose.

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Grammar in These Examples

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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