intensional

adjective

in·​ten·​sion·​al -chənᵊl 

-chnəl

: of, relating to, or marked by intension

specifically : connotative

literature works by intensional means … by the manipulation of the informative and affective connotations of words

—S. I. Hayakawa

intensionally

-ᵊlē 

-əlē, 

-i

adverb

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