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.

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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
What he and other scientists aren't so sure of is whether tetrahydrogestrinone - THG - was purposely designed to evade detection or if its creator got lucky.
Hashtags are a discovery tool, while subtweets are a category of tweets that often purposely evade easy discovery.
Let me emphasize, straight away, that he isn't what I would call a friend, but I know him enough to say that he did purposely design himself: single, modest dresser in receding colours, mathematics teacher, sponsor of the chess club, mild-mannered acquaintance to all rather than a friend to any, a person anxious to become invisible. Excerpt: Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
We played the basics of the song live and purposely left a lot of space for other elements to come in later.
In one study, U.S. and Canadian government scientists purposely contaminated an experimental lake in Ontario with around 5 nanograms per liter of ethynyl estradiol, and studied the effects on the lake's fathead minnow population, a common species that fish like lake trout and northern pike feed on. YubaNet.com
However, I can say after purposely firing multiple consecutive shots without swabbing the bore (under test conditions) that hot water slicked the rifle up to brand new in a few short minutes.
Many times analysts are "prepped" by financial companies Public Relations employees that purposely feed them massively negative information that they know is inaccurate. SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
And we haue purposely omitted all nice or scholasticall curiosities not meete for your Maiesties contemplation in this our vulgare arte, and what we haue written of the auncient formes of Poemes, we haue taken from the best clerks writing in the same arte. The Arte of English Poesie
The Greek verb is used purposely instead of "builded," in order to mark that the building meant is not a literal, but a spiritual house: the Church both of the Old Testament and New Testament; and that the building of such a house includes all the preparations of providence and grace needed to furnish it with "living stones" and fitting "servants. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And I can tell you that the conclusions drawn from the testees is as clear as those from drawn by testors and you may rightly assume that "testees" was writ purposely to be amusing to the low-brow, juvenile mentality. Steven Weber: Listen to the Mocking Bird
But what the article FAILED to mention is that Marky Racicrotch (pronounced rossicrotch, Judy mars, and steve filcher of the mt. cattlemen's ASS., which has nothing to do with Montana ranchers) have PURPOSELY done EVERYTHING they could possibly do to blow this whole issue up into a world class crisis! Buffalo Brian
I entered the living room, purposely sitting at a distance to avoid father's tirade.
I still want to know if it was Morneau tipping Mauer off or if he purposely deeked Gardner? Undefined
I purposely put in all those big words because I hoped while he was figuring them out, I could get out of his very tight clasp.
In recent weeks, the purposely inflammatory demagogy of PBS's newest host has included a description of John Edwards as "specializing in Jacuzzi cases," owing to the lawyer's successful representation of a small child who saw her intestines sucked out inside a wading pool. August 2004
“Sir Bernard seemed to think I might have purposely gybed the yacht; is that what you think?” The Short Forever
We have purposely omitted cobwebbed bottles, the patron in his white cap bustling among his sauces, anecdotes about charming little restaurants with gleaming napery, and so forth.
It was first found by Mr. Janson, junior, who came out to Chontales purposely to collect insects; and I afterwards obtained it in great numbers. The Naturalist in Nicaragua
Chemical analysis of cosmetics samples found in Egyptians tombs and the reconstitution of ancient recipes as reported by Greco-Roman authors have shown that two non-natural lead chlorides (laurionite Pb (OH) Cl and phosgenite Pb2Cl2CO3) were purposely synthesized and were used as fine powders in makeup and eye lotions. Egyptology News
In fact, some day-care centers are purposely built adjacent to senior facilities to encourage the connection.
The TMJ is the joint between the upper jaw (called the maxilla) and the lower one (mandible) that purposely dislocates itself with every bite to increase your chewing force. You Being Beautiful
I perceived that the _manaia_ purposely played badly in order to let me win his head knife, on which he had carved my name. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson
The last part was purposely left blank because we do not share the top notch naval engineering firms and talent know how as trade confidentiality.
From the kick off Celtics passing was a class act, with the ball moving around swiftly and purposely.
These are purposely put on in these totalitarian societies as of way of subverting the population.
Like days of yore when athletes would race horses, celebs would appear in sulkies and the legendary publicist Irving Rudd purposely misspelled the name of the track on its outside, the facility is still finding ways to set itself apart and draw attention. Joe Favorito: What's In a (Horse's) Name? Maybe a Grand for Someone
Nest revisits were minimized to reduce disturbance, and incubating females were not purposely flushed from nests.
Yes, people are fallible — some even purposely so — and yes, we can not blame God for their failure. Religion news roundup: Scientology, religion trends, Islam, Gwen Shamblin, and more
This is what is called a cryptogram, or cipher," he said, "in which letters are purposely thrown in confusion, which if properly arranged would reveal their sense. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth
He fitted another arrow and fired it purposely into a wagon.
The book does feel somewhat incomplete, but it is apparently purposely designed as one of a set of four - matching a similar volume also by Fara on electricity in the eighteenth century, and also books by Stephen Pumfrey on the seventeenth century and Iwan Morus on the nineteenth. Recap of Season 2
He havasu real estate purposely to the sandbar in a west stertorous way, and his fans pargeting his gastropoda ninefold. Rational Review
Researchers have found that the female monkeys and rats mate with multiple males to purposely confuse paternity.
Preconceived idea again uppermost, he took literally many of her sallies and allusions to her husband, which were purposely Brobdignagian in their dimensions. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle
It's also being quite hypocritical recently in it's "all of a sudden" interest in the support of caribbean newspapers (in regards to PATI) considering that the Gazette has always purposely avoided even the idea of bermuda being considered a part of the Caribbean. Bermuda's Royal Gazette is Not the 'Paper of the People'
Ironically, in some instances, purposely stimulating capsaicin receptors can alleviate pain.
Sometimes I purposely overexpose, then bleach, in order to increase contrast.
In the experiments described in the last two sections, we purposely made achromatic intensity unreliable, to prove that moths used the chromatic aspect of colour.
The word foreboding it self means premonition of something is coming, the video and scenes, I have purposely made them mysterious, a bit unconnected, yet a bit revealing the gist of the story of the curse, that something is coming, "The Curse," a confrontation, revealed in the end of the Unveiled version. Urban Vancouver - Vancouver's community blog
The girl rose and made a scamper for the lovely woman, but a stray leg was purposely put out and quickly the girl was sent to her knees, toppling forward to land ungracefully upon her chin.
The aquarium staff made a glass bulb to separate the shark from other fish. They did it purposely so that they can feed the shark in different way.
Maya Lin purposely called for the granite to be shiny. Visitors experience a link with the monument by seeing their reflection in the stone.
Wherefore good Father, purposely am I now come to you, to let him know, that if he will not abstaine from thus molesting me, I will disclose it to my Husband, Father, and Brethren, whatsoever befall. The Decameron
The method we used to check the network for integrity was purposely to bias the output for selected input vector sets.
Seemingly reading her mind, he leaned a little farther over the table, purposely reaching for one of her long braids and giving it a tweak.
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
People who purposely attack innocents are not interested in freedom!
Directly above the bottom section Christenberry has purposely painted on newer metal to make it appear aged and worn.
While America is being purposely distracted by Bush's puny, paltry and poor-spirited "War on Terror" and Noah is out shopping for Gucci knock-offs at Target instead of keeping an eye on the ark, our country is being left defenseless, unprotected and without lifeboats while the biggest Flood ever is rapidly heading our way. Thomas Friedman's "Hot, Flat & Crowded": Replacing the "War on Terror" with a "War on Global Warming"?
So you're saying someone purposely cut this tree down to fall on me, then ran away just a few minutes ago?
Maybe they know I don't know and are setting me adrift purposely.
He then continued eating salad with his dinner fork, purposely displaying great relish.
So, too, while in our meadows we purposely propagate tender fodder plants, like grasses and clovers, we find on the margins of our pastures and by our roadsides only protected species; such as thistles, houndstongue, cuckoo-pint, charlock, nettles Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8
Or the purposely ill-timed Spirit Airlines ads about oil on the beaches of the Gulf Coast? WATCH: The Most Over-The-Top Tourism Ad Ever?
Did you ever make the frog purposely get hit by a car just to see him splatter?
I told him I would favour the company with a display of my elocutionary abilities, but purposely withheld the title of the selection which I meant to recite, meaning at the proper time to surprise my hearers. Fibble, D.D.
Her normally neat and primped hair was now disheveled and arranged on her head as though she'd purposely stuck her head out of a car window on the highway.
Even people who usually have three or four parties to go to were invited nowhere or purposely decided to stay in.
Would I purposely sabotage his efforts? Times, Sunday Times
The sparkling wavelets sported and capered with their grewsome burden, sometimes dashing it against some stray log, again bearing it far across the river as if purposely assisting it to elude its pursuer. The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old
Ayla straightened the small female figure, whose feet were purposely only a suggestion, leaving the legs in a peglike shape that had been pushed into the ground to stand guard in front of the entrance, then followed Jondalar to the next lodge. The Plains of Passage
Observe, again, that the language in which these Beatitudes are couched is purposely fetched from the Old Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And after the situation had cooled into oblivion, I was left with an enlightening feeling of how being purposely outcasted feels like.
She sits down flat and firmly on the pin placed purposely for her displeasure on the bench in the wooded glade.
In addition, we purposely made the title anger and enrage the disbelievers. The Jawa Report
Obviously John Roberts with his comments about Rush Limbaugh being thin skined, is another example of him not being a NEWS person, and purposely spinning comments to refect his personal thoughts. Talk Radio: Who is listening?
I recall the acrimony poured out towards Jews on this nasty little "current affairs" show after the Hezbollah and Hamas wars and how an audience purposely packed with a crowd of rentaMuslims who have not appeared in such numbers since, how strange made the then US Ambassador cry after a particularly vicious and orchestrated post 9-11 backlash set up by the extremists at the BBC troughers Gentlemans Club on same "current affairs" show. OPEN THREAD
Do you know if anybody has purposely marketed an electronic workaround for sabbatarian rules? The Volokh Conspiracy » Kay Hymowitz on Libertarianism and Civil Rights:
He said some local authorities are purposely turning a deaf ear to illegal weapons production.
Bomb varieties can be anything from a simple mortar to homing missiles that purposely land on either side of your enemy (in case he attempts to dodge).
Whether or not the pastor purposely choose the subject of the sermon because he knew that Senator Clinton was going to be in attendance is irrelevant. Campaigning in Kentucky, Clinton hears sermon on infidelity
They are purposely hidden away at backwater college campuses, where the monstrously large football mesomorphs must cavort under the searing sun, be-helmeted, in all their hot and bulky pads.
Now she faked her clumsy and awkward movements, often purposely stumbling over anything that came her way.
I purposely avoid making train journeys during the rush hour.
It is a fine example of an old institution, purposely built which is now being used with a new future in education.
The letter goes on to say that Chinese telecom-gear makers are potentially subject to "significant influence by the Chinese military which may create an opportunity for manipulation of switches, routers, or software embedded in American telecommunications network so that communications can be disrupted, intercepted, tampered with, or purposely misrouted. Lawmakers Urge Scrutiny Of Chinese Gear Suppliers
Paraffin wax is purposely added to a mixture to create a surface bloom which acts as a barrier to sun-checking and oxidation.
Many patients have purposely put off dental work until this desensitizer is available.
It was six months before Andrew got a command, but then of troops purposely ill-equipped, poorly officered and virtually untrained.
For years I figured Paul had put us into that dive purposely to extinguish the flames and to hide in the clouds from the Luftwaffe.
To have your religion distorted and ridiculed and then to have one of your culture's most deeply treasured expressions purposely profaned - well, it's not very pleasant.
The pitcher beanballed purposely at the head of the batter.
More importantly, they're purposely kept brief to maintain the fast pace of the game.
In fact, some day-care centers are purposely built adjacent to senior facilities to encourage the connection.
For which reason, I have purposely excluded the type of note which consists in cataloguing literary cross-allusions. Fir-Flower Tablets: Poems Translated From the Chinese
Only I have put the Stimabile in a great fuff - purposely, that I might not have him dangling here in your absence. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle
Being examined concerning this bloudy fact, he plainly confessed, that hee himselfe had committed the murder, and afterward would not depart from the Cave, but purposely stayed for apprehension, as being truely toucht with compunction for so foule an offence: upon which eremptorie confession, Marcus Varro being then Praetor, gave sentence that he should be crucified on a The Decameron
The jury box is placed on the side, purposely divorced from the axial relationship of judge, counsel, and public.
After standing some time, the cheese is taken out of the vat, and laid on a large cheese-cloth, and the curd again broken from the top down the centre, and more salt mixed with it; after which it is pressed into the vat by the hand as before, and weights are again put upon it, while skewers are run through holes purposely left in the vat, into the sides of the cheese, as before. The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally
This cat and mouse tactic was purposely designed to provoke, enrage and panic the unemployed.
She purposely colored her wish to Mr. Archibald by saying that she had seen Madge formerly.
Future generations can then enjoy the new amenities but will not rue the day we purposely destroyed the nature of the place.
Trip limits were purposely set so that everyone would have an equal chance.
Official reprieves and pardons were not uncommon, and some such acts of mercy were purposely announced only when the convicted stood on the scaffold and spectators had assembled.
Yeah. The pharmaceuticals companys purposely exaggerated the H1N1 epidemic situation and its perniciousness.
To the civilian mind, being sent forward purposely to draw the enemy's fire, looks like "ticklish" business. Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros
For instance, doing a story out of the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, I purposely avoided factories in the capital, Port Louis, instead traveling to the less well known but more picturesquely named Curepipe, so my dateline could read: CUREPIPE, Mauritius. The House at Sugar Beach
They are both illegitimate; that is to say, born out of wedlock; purposely produced according to current theories of free love. SPLITTING
I use the word conscripted purposely -- I know there is no such word in the English language -- neither is there any such word as conscribe, the one usually in vogue now a days. The Great Speech of Hon. A.H. Stephens, Delivered Before the Georgia Legislature, on Wednesday Night, March 16th, 1864, to which is Added Extracts prom [sic] Gov. Brown's Message to the Georgia Legislature.
Another sort of deliberate attempt to purposely sabotage you?
He certainly was not unintelligent, yet he seemed to be purposely obstructive. DOUBLE DECEIT
Since the early days of the web right on up to the present, browsers have purposely misrendered badly written HTML so that people could view the pages instead of getting junk or a blank page.
Nothing is more likely to be overlooked or purposely skipped over by a search user than a keyword spammed title that doesn't really tell a search user anything about the site. Search Engine Journal
Seth told us later that she purposely went over some big bumps, just cuz we were back there.
And like most fly-in weddings, the weekend was purposely jam packed with activities and events.
Not only may they be purposely babbling and coding their conversations to confuse the eavesdroppers, but there are also the complexities of language itself.
I can't even imagine why he would actually, purposely, try to jump in front of an oncoming car.
If the kerchief carried the lady's initials or name, it was purposely exhibited before the rival lover.
He blabbered, he purposely misunderstood you, he made terrifying jokes.
Would I purposely sabotage his efforts? Times, Sunday Times
A major difficulty in using microscopes for polarimeters is that most polarimeters purposely only collect light from a very small angle
We commonly use the term influence to denote a persuasive power, or a governmental power, exerted purposely, and with a conscious design to effect some result in the subject. Christian Nurture.
We purposely didn't make a big deal of the twenty-fifth because we think every year is important.
This psalm is purposely placed in the midst of the Hallel Psalms because the deliverance of God is something for which we must continually thank and praise Him.
I am not saying that it is deserved to some extent, but it is hard to deny that many critics seem to openly approve and applaud movies that purposely cut against the grain theism, while offering harshing criticsm to overtly theistic films. Overlooked Movie Monday: The Ninth Configuration » Scene-Stealers
The method we used to check the network for integrity was purposely to bias the output for selected input vector sets.
Deciding that if asked, I could blame my night walk on sleepwalking, I shrugged and strode purposely towards the building.
Sanrio designers have purposely limited her story to the barest of details.
I purposely avoid making train journeys during the rush hour.
Is it so G-damn hard to see tha the point is not that he has the “authority” to declassify … it’s that he frickin declassified on a NOC operative from the CIA, PURPOSELY, to out her for political gain … That is treason, pure and simple you morons! Think Progress » “Get it out.”
We purposely do not try to schedule people's lives around the church. Christianity Today
As she helped Minton ease Lord Thurstow from his sodden coat, she wondered whether Jack Lester had purposely arrived last for greatest effect-or whether his lateness was a reflection of reluctance. A Lady of Expectations
When it came to direct actions, the group discussions became purposely vague.
The method we used to check the network for integrity was purposely to bias the output for selected input vector sets.
“This is what is called a cryptogram, or cipher,” he said, “in which letters are purposely thrown in confusion, which if properly arranged would reveal their sense. Journey to the Interior of the Earth
And yet I have known some who have secured themselves for this misfortune by coming half-sated elsewhere, purposely to abate the ardour of their fury, and others who being grown old, find themselves less impotent by being less able; and particularly one who found an advantage by being assured by a friend of his that had a countercharm against certain enchantments that would defend him from this disgrace. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction
It seems both you and Josh Rosenau are purposely avoiding the central point that embryos are dramatically different during the gasturlation and/or neurulation stages depending on the organism, which precedes the pharyngular stage. A bit more on Haeckel - The Panda's Thumb
There is a medley of five songs towards the end of the album and that was purposely retrospective. The Sun
Mr.J. L. Hayes believes that these varicoloured animals are planned purposely: that two legs of a green horse are rendered in red on the further side, to indicate perspective, the same principle accounting for two blue legs on a yellow horse! Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance
Lorraine leaned into Jay's open window, purposely revealing a great deal of her cleavage.
I rolled my eyes, purposely intent on winding her up just for the hell of it.
What makes some people purposely seek out dissenting and alien viewpoints and accommodate them into their thinking, while others avoid them or try at all costs to nullify them?
These are complex ideas designedly imperfect: and it is visible at first sight, that several of those qualities that are to be found in the things themselves are purposely left out of generical ideas. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Where the mulberry is grown purposely for silk-worms, the trees are cut down to the ground every year to make them send up strong vigorous shoots. The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally
Tizzy placed her arms round her brother's neck and clung tightly while he played the restive steed, and raised Cook's ire to red-hot point by purposely kicking one of the Windsor chairs, making it scroop on the beautifully-white floor of the front kitchen, and making the queen of the domain rush out at him, looking red-eyed and ferocious, for the onion-juice had affected her. Brave and True Short stories for children by G. M. Fenn and Others
At that time, pawnbrokers purposely lowered the amount of money poor people received for pledges and shortened the time limit required to redeem their receipts.
Now I can understand it, he was like a man who had received a precious, interesting, and long-expected letter, and who lays it down before him and purposely refrains from opening it, turning it over and over in his hands, examining the envelope and the seal, going to see to things in another room, in short deferring the interesting moment of perusal, knowing that it cannot escape him. A Raw Youth
[Logan Note: When I broke the story about West moving to Y&R, I referred to Carly as a "nutjob" and caught hell from several outraged fans who seem to think that Carly — a hyper-neurotic, self-destructive mantrap whose history includes fraud, bigamy, theft, drugging people and purposely inducing her own early labor — is apparently rather normal!] Maura Goes West for The Young and the Restless
Such a letter is calculated to mislead, purposely or otherwise, those who are not familiar with Bradford City or its metropolitan area.
A runaway winner at Sandown in February, he has purposely been kept fresh for this Merseyside jackpot bid.
The method we used to check the network for integrity was purposely to bias the output for selected input vector sets.
The latest tactic "sexism", is going to just add more fuel to the fire she has purposely set that burns hotter every day!! Carter: Obama-Clinton ticket unlikely
Third, therefore, the study has purposely omitted the violence, including femicide, which is routinely perpetrated against daughters and sisters in "occupied Palestine" and has, instead, chosen to focus only on husband-wife violence and only on couples who are currently married. Comments for Red Alerts
He had adopted a vacant stare and purposely looked straight ahead as the woman spoke.
They have purposely avoided making his disability a storyline. The Sun
The big mistake Takeshi made, however, was to purposely have the computer blood look fake.
The purposely constructed catalytic soot trap abator was developed for use on Stationary Genset Diesel Engines up to 3 Edie.net - Latest News
The reply of our Lord to the tempter seems purposely framed so as to include both latria and dulia.
The half hour length of many TV programmes seems purposely designed to leave us craving for more.
The method we used to check the network for integrity was purposely to bias the output for selected input vector sets.
The method we used to check the network for integrity was purposely to bias the output for selected input vector sets.
As the bell ceases its clanging on reaching the platform, he seems to pull his cap down purposely, and otherwise to gather himself into the plushy depths of his warm furs, he hires the first cabman that accosts him, shoves in his heavy valise, which is all the baggage he has, and in a gruff sort of voice, orders to be driven to the "Albion Hotel. Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense
I fear the event might be misunderstood and purposely hooked on by designers and enemies.
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
Bonus points to Charles for using “acci-purposely.” Made in Carolina
Purposely beating another player with your stick is essentially the same thing, using a potentially deadly tool of the sport to injure a competitor.
The old governor, who had purposely been more circumvolute even than usual, in order not too suddenly to shock his feelings, looked up at him with a kind expression, which showed that he truly entered into his wretchedness. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea
The Democrats purposely chose a candidate with a 22-year history in elective office entirely barren of any distinction.
I do not purposely double-book myself on two flights home from Asia, for example, nor do I enjoy the process of getting put out on the street at midnight in Mongolia. Chris Guillebeau: Getting to Saudi Arabia
He sat down, purposely avoiding her gaze.
I can’t think of them off the top of my head, but there have been a couple that I have read that purposely poke fun to add humor to the book, and it doesn’t retract from the story at all. Are the Best Biographies Sympathetic to Their Subjects? (Quote of the Day / Allen Massie) « One-Minute Book Reviews
A powerfully built man, slightly hunched round shoulder level, he strides purposely onto the rostrum.
For starters, the statutes should re-written to require proof of mens rea -- evidence that an individual knew what he or she was doing was wrong and still purposely chose to violate the law.
The building was low-built red brick and pebbledash, purposely anonymous and tucked in an out of the way place. Mortal Causes
In fact, some day-care centers are purposely built adjacent to senior facilities to encourage the connection.
And he does not know that yesterday was a day of purposely prepared rack and thumbscrew, whereby he was justly tortured for his guilt in jesting about Tib's avoirdupoise-weight; but he knows how he missed her all day, and how essential she is to his very existence. Stuart of Dunleath: A Story of Modern Times
She took her hand and with no support, purposely fell into him, causing him to fall backwards.
The soil was purposely left firm to minimize trencher and sub-surface equipment damage while all other excavation and topsoil transporting were taking place.
If he was concerned there might be trouble, he would purposely avoid drawing attention to me..

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