purposely
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3.5
- adverb
- /ˈpɜr.pəs.li/
:
a propósito
- She purposely left her phone at home to avoid distractions during the meeting.
- purposely selected
- purposely avoided
- purposely introduced
And so I, I purposely kept, kept away from them.
- And so I, I purposely kept, kept away from them.
- That's why I met him purposely in a public, public place.
- And the rich purposely do things that limit their taxes.
- But I purposely didn't haul because she hauled.
- And I don't feel like I'm part of that group because I purposely will move myself away from it.
- I know a lot of people and they will very purposely go in, purchase a business.
- We also were jumping in the waves purposely.
- And he went on a date and on his date, he purposely shows up in this bummy car.
- It just it, it turns and now I have to purposely walk onto the sidewalk to walk around it.
- The cold shoulder, silent treatment, again, as I mentioned, punishing them, purposely doing less for them.
- And he says, I'm purposely using this sports expression in parentheses.
- And they said that this guy threw himself in front of a car purposely.
- Some are saying that was done purposely by Apple to kind of steal some Thunder from Amazon.
- And so that's why God purposely makes babies new.
- So it was purposely not well planned.
- I would never bet, purposely bet against Logan.
Examples
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And the rich purposely do things that limit their taxes.
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I purposely did not listen.
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And so I, I purposely kept, kept away from them.
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So it was purposely not well planned.
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I know a lot of people and they will very purposely go in, purchase a business.
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But she purposely turns it on.
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So I purposely order the pizza, like, three minutes before midnight.
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Artists throughout history have played a role in purposely challenging norms.
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People sense they're being kept in the dark purposely.
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Robert steps closer to her, purposely reaching across her body for a napkin.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
320
3.7
To do something on purpose and with care
254
1.6
By choice, not by accident
155
3.1
In a way that someone does something on purpose, not by accident
89
3.7
On purpose while fully aware of what you are doing
76
3.9
In a way that shows you know and do it on purpose
37
3.1
Someone does this because they decide to, not because they must
31
3.9
To act in a determined way to reach a clear goal
26
4.0
On purpose as part of a plan
21
5.5
In a way that shows something clearly on purpose
4
7.5
In a way that shows you know what you are doing
3
7.4
In a careful way after thinking about what might happen
2
3.9
Carefully and with full attention to what you do
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
In a way done on purpose
Carefully and on purpose
Antonyms
How Purposeful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Purposely comes from purpose, which means 'an aim' or 'a reason', and the ending -ly that makes it describe how something is done. So, to do something purposely is to do it with a clear aim or plan, in other words 'on purpose'.