Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Purposeful character or quality; adaptation to a purpose: as, the purposefulness of an architectural design.
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- noun The state of being
purposeful .
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- noun the quality of having a definite purpose
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Examples
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Or, 'pointing out issues of complexity, irreducibility, and (through humans) known potential of intelligence and purposefulness is fair game with ID '.
Bunny and a Book 2008
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The design language of these SUVs epitomized the notion of purposefulness, even when comparing the utilitarian nature of the original Land Rover with its glitzy new cousin the LR3 Discovery.
unknown title 2009
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The design language of these SUVs epitomized the notion of purposefulness, even when comparing the utilitarian nature of the original Land Rover with its glitzy new cousin the LR3 Discovery.
unknown title 2009
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In the first place the "purposefulness" of the movements of the planets is not affected in the very least by the question of heliocentricism.
Science and Morals and Other Essays Bertram Coghill Alan Windle 1893
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We must remember, however, that there was a time when the same 'purposefulness' was believed to exist in the cosmos where everything seemed to turn literally and metaphorically around the earth, the abode of man.
Science and Morals and Other Essays Bertram Coghill Alan Windle 1893
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On every other occasion, I have seen goodness, purposefulness, and the sorts of green pastures I saw at Brykill Farm seeded and grown by deliberation over years of sweat, sacrifice and a steady hand.
Judith Acosta: How Dreams Really Do Come True Judith Acosta 2011
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On every other occasion, I have seen goodness, purposefulness, and the sorts of green pastures I saw at Brykill Farm seeded and grown by deliberation over years of sweat, sacrifice and a steady hand.
Judith Acosta: How Dreams Really Do Come True Judith Acosta 2011
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The confidence and burly purposefulness behind a 25-yarder that beat David Seaman and inflicted defeat on a resilient Arsenal were uncanny in a 16-year-old Everton substitute.
Guardian writers choose their favourite Premier League goal 2011
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On every other occasion, I have seen goodness, purposefulness, and the sorts of green pastures I saw at Brykill Farm seeded and grown by deliberation over years of sweat, sacrifice and a steady hand.
Judith Acosta: How Dreams Really Do Come True Judith Acosta 2011
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On every other occasion, I have seen goodness, purposefulness, and the sorts of green pastures I saw at Brykill Farm seeded and grown by deliberation over years of sweat, sacrifice and a steady hand.
Judith Acosta: How Dreams Really Do Come True Judith Acosta 2011
Nemo774 commented on the word purposefulness
In a work of art purposefulness is also apparent, but not real, although the harmony of the parts produces aesthetic pleasure. found on wordnik
October 4, 2010