purposefully
30
3.9
- adverb
- /ˈpɜr.pəs.fəl.i/
- He walked purposefully into the meeting, ready to present his ideas.
- purposefully selected
- communicate purposefully
- purposefully chosen
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Watch on YouTubeWe're sure you know the right thing to do and you're purposefully not doing it.
- We're sure you know the right thing to do and you're purposefully not doing it.
- And so I've tried to purposefully take more risks than I did in the past.
- Like he's he's purposefully aggravating things.
- I actually purposefully didn't even pitch this around to anyone.
- You get to live in the space that you purposefully have come to Earth to claim for yourself. So
- I wonder, I ask myself the question whether it was escalated purposefully.
- Well, debunking is a loaded term, sort of assumes that you were going in purposefully to prove something is wrong.
- The accusations were made by people who were actuated by malice and who were purposefully trying to destroy my career.
- And I vowed this month I wanted to, you know, purposefully like read the books that have been sitting on my shelf forever.
- And I purposefully have avoided consuming any true crime or crime related content.
- They basically use unknown to purposefully skirt the fact that they have customers in the United States.
- And I put that list in an in that order purposefully because she was not just a stranger in this strange land.
Examples
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The importance of these early literacy activities includes all aspects of communicating purposefully in real-world experiences.
Academic text (2015) -
Students also need to communicate effectively and purposefully in initial screening interviews.
Academic text (2015) -
Each of the leadership positions has been purposefully designed to meet standards for effective teacher leaders.
Academic text (2015) -
Indeed, this special double issue is purposefully crafted to engage our field in this question.
Academic text (2011) -
The teachers of each program and three purposefully selected students from each school supplied interview data.
Academic text (2015) -
Then the cops move calmly and purposefully towards the boys and arrest David.
Fiction book (1992) -
You purposefully withheld information concerning a case under my investigation.
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First, the teacher provides an open-ended opportunity for students to interact with purposefully selected materials.
Academic text (1998) -
Accepting this responsibility means that the teacher purposefully chooses to pursue relationships with her students.
Academic text (2015) -
Teachers, parents, and students have alternatives to homework; they are deciding, purposefully, to reduce homework.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
270
3.7
To do something on purpose and with care
259
1.6
By choice, not by accident
175
3.1
In a way that someone does something on purpose, not by accident
85
3.7
On purpose while fully aware of what you are doing
70
3.5
To do something on purpose
40
4.0
On purpose as part of a plan
39
6.0
To do something on purpose, often to disobey rules
13
4.4
In a firm and determined way without changing your mind
4
3.8
In a way that shows strong will to keep trying
3
7.5
In a way that shows you know what you are doing
1
6.8
In a planned, careful way to get a particular result
1
8.1
In a planned way before doing something
1
7.7
On purpose to say or do something
1
5.1
In a firm way, acting to reach a goal and not give up
1
6.5
In a way done on purpose
Antonyms
How Purposeful
Surface Forms
Morphology
purposefully = purposeful (transparent) = purpose + ful + ly
The adjective 'purposeful' is transparently formed from 'purpose' + '-ful', and adding '-ly' yields an adverb meaning 'in a purposeful way'.
Etymology
Purposefully comes from purpose ('an aim' or 'intention') plus the ending -fully ('full of'). So it literally means 'full of purpose', which is why to do something purposefully is to act with a clear aim or 'on purpose'.