Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

as god intended

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.64 in modern English

Syllables: as -god in-tend-ed
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

According to the way things are when one's own preferences, ideas, methods, values, etc., are applied or followed. Commonly a disguised or subconscious complaint that things are otherwise.

Humorous

phrase

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, God, intended.

Example Sentences

"Where my cousin lives, it almost always rains on Thursdays, and then they have beautiful sunny weather on the weekend, as God intended."
"I believe it was an English matron who declared that airplanes were an invention of the devil, that people should take trains as God intended."

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

the way God intended (alternative) like God intended (alternative)

Phrases

in a perfect world

Frequently Paired Words

in a perfect world

Questions

What does as god intended mean?: According to the way things are when one's own preferences, ideas, methods, values, etc., are applied or followed. Commonly a disguised or subconscious complaint that things are otherwise.

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