When You Want To Clarify Your Intent messages in a Empathetic tone

My intent wasn’t to come across that way—just to explain my thinking.

I may not have said that well—here’s what I was trying to say.

I just want to clear the air on what I meant.

I can see how that could’ve been taken the wrong way.

I want to clarify that I was trying to be constructive.

I think my intent may have been unclear—here’s what I meant.

I just want to clear up what I meant earlier.

I didn’t mean to overstep there.

I didn’t intend for that to feel personal.

I want to make sure my meaning is clear.