Meaning

2 senses
  1. In a purposeful (“resolute, determined”) manner: resolutely, determinedly.

    I strode purposefully across the room.

    in a purposeful manner

  2. In a purposeful (“intentional”) manner: intentionally, on purpose, purposely, deliberately.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Did you purposefully make a mistake?

    deHast du absichtlich einen Fehler gemacht?

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  2. He purposefully continued to incite conflict.

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  3. Each new meeting in your lfe with someone else is always done purposefully.

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  4. Professionals in many fields write in a style that is purposefully abstruse and unclear.

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  5. Purposefully blurring something is important for efficiency's sake.

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Translations

3 languages

Forms

more purposefully, most purposefully
Comparativemore purposefully Lesson
Superlativemost purposefully

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpurposeful

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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