Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Intentionally; designedly; purposely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a purposed manner; according to purpose or design; purposely.
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- adverb According to
purpose ordesign ;purposely .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The current tea party protesters are against raising taxes when the money is to be use din America and in Americans, they have the whole right to protest (as long as they do not purposedly disturb the place were they are) and have real representation, but they are not in command of the situation anymore ...
'Tea Party Express' trucks on with tour aimed at health care 2009
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She was purposedly labeled "racist" by SOME ACTUAL RACIST ONES.
Carville: Gore would make a great vice president...again 2008
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It is not to make purposedly bad decisions for the sake of petty spite.
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She was purposedly labeled "racist" by SOME ACTUAL RACIST ONES.
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They do it purposedly, and people need to call it for what it is, the little work she and her husband claim they have done, has but all been destroy in a few speeches she has given.
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She was purposedly labeled "racist" by SOME ACTUAL RACIST ONES.
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She was purposedly labeled "racist" by SOME ACTUAL RACIST ONES.
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And this even if I'm (i) really interested in the given talk and (ii) -purposedly, as a desperate try to really not being able to fall asleep- sitting right in front of the talker.
My two cents on how to behave as a seminar spectator microbiologist xx 2009
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Butlet's deal with the deep real ongoing problem here ~ and that is Corporate Welfare which George W Bush has purposedly allowed to continue unabatedwhile being completely ignored by the complicit mainstream media ~ until now.
HOGS FEED AT CORPORATE WELFARE TROUGH AT SENIORS EXPENSE 2008
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Since going on the TV and radio talk show circuit in the past week or so, Coulter has drawn heat for certain passages in the book, which was purposedly released on June 6, 2006, to reinforce Coulter's lie that liberals are anti-Christ followers.
U.S. founders and Christ were liberals: We cannot let right-wingers like Coulter define liberalism 2006
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