Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb With specific purpose.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Intentionally; designedly; on purpose.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb With purpose or design; intentionally; with predetermination; designedly.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb on purpose; intentionally

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb with intention; in an intentional manner

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Examples

  • “Because I choose to, honey,” she said, stressing the word purposely.

    BLAZE OF GLORY SIMON HAWKE 1995

  • “Because I choose to, honey,” she said, stressing the word purposely.

    BLAZE OF GLORY SIMON HAWKE 1995

  • “Because I choose to, honey,” she said, stressing the word purposely.

    BLAZE OF GLORY SIMON HAWKE 1995

  • His behavior as Governor in purposely misleading the public and his staff by going out of the country for five days without leaving any way of communicating and no instructions or chain of command IS very much for the scrutiny of his colleagues the constituents whom he was supposed to be working for at the time.

    Sanford impeachment measure to be formally considered 2009

  • Palin purposely thrust herself into the public limelight when she ran for mayor, governor and vice president, and again with public appearances and making herself a front-page news item.

    Palin attorney warns media over 'defamatory' charges 2009

  • I think that is very wrong, but I guess I would not quite call it purposely obtuse.

    Matthew Yglesias » Is The Fed Stifling Recovery? 2010

  • As I helped him organize his paper, I took such gratification in purposely showing him how much more I knew than he did.

    Knock It Off With the Goddamn Brodeo 2009

  • The word purposely, does that mean that they have some type of evidence?

    CNN Transcript Jun 25, 2007 2007

  • I actually have my name purposely added to two books--one as a minor character and one in the acknowledgments.

    Do You Want Your Name In A Book? Mirtika 2006

  • She used the word purposely, significantly, to see how it would affect him.

    The Odd Women George Gissing 1880

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