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US
/ˈpɝpəsɫi/
]
[ UK /pˈɜːpəsli/ ]
[ UK /pˈɜːpəsli/ ]
ADVERB
-
with intention; in an intentional manner
he used that word intentionally
I did this by choice
How To Use purposely In A Sentence
- Lord had private hatred for the old literatus and so purposely assaulted the old literatus and killed him. The Complete Works of Han Fei Tzu
- This war and occupation was founded on Bush's lies and these lies have infected everythingabout thisillegal warand occupation~ from the quasi Iraqi American-controlled government to the purposely misleading body and wounded count and why, you ask? BRING THEM HOME NOW / NOT LATER IN BODY TUBES
- On the rifle range, Wesley purposely missed the target on his first few tries.
- The best part about the restaurant is ... you know how when you tend to 'overstay' yourself in some restaurants, the restaurant purposely turns off the air-con or stops refilling your glass of water/tea as a hint to tell you to f*ck off? SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator
- With a determined step she marched purposely toward the blackened doorway.
- In 1775, there appeared a heroicomic poem, "Myszeis" (The Mousiad), a purposely entangled allegory on the state of Poland. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent
- Uniquely designed cross style cutter blade base purposely for granulating of pellicle plastics, increases work efficiency.
- When you concentrate your energy purposely on the future possibility that you aspire to realize, your energy is passed on to it and makes it attracted to you with a force stronger than the one you directed towards it. Stephen Richards
- She would not purposely try to hurt you but if you asked her opinion, you would get it, even if it was not what you wanted to hear.
- We purposely make them a bit of a mouthful - it just helps make them more satisfying. The Sun