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I understand the meaning of something such as 食べたつもりで寝る。My idea of this is "I
go to sleep convinced that I've eaten". Or along those lines.

In the book I'm using, the following, similar phrase has been used but I can't
make heads nor tails of it:

> 優しく言ったつもりでも「～しなさい」と聞こえ、「～しなさい」と言っても優しさが伝わる。

What role does the も play here? My best understanding is: "[~shinasai] was
said kindly (at least the speaker was convinced this to be the case)", and
then even though he used [~shinasai], it was relayed as a kind message. I
understand that to be the meaning of 言っても, but confused with the reason behind
using 言ったつもりでも over 言ったつもりで. Any help is appreciated :) .
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Meaning of 〜たつもりでも〜ても～。
You can see it as two sentences: "優しく言ったつもりでも「～しなさい」と聞こえ(る)" and
"「～しなさい」と言っても優しさが伝わる。"

「優しく言ったつもりでも」  
--> Even though you meant to say (or ask) something gently/mildly,

「『～しなさい』と聞こえ、」  
--> it can sound as "しなさい", i.e. it can sound as a command (rather than a
request) (just as in the example of the train announcement), whereas...

「『～しなさい』と言っても」  
--> even though you (literally) say "しなさい",

「優しさが伝わる。」  
--> your kindness can be felt; it can sound as a mild request (rather than a
command) (just as in the example of the mothers saying しなさい to their kids).

The も in ～つもりで **も** means "even though" or "even when".
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