as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing
the real estate agent purposely withheld information that would have discouraged us from buying the property
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Carney is purposely making his first foreign trip to the capital cities of the two countries that shaped Canada’s early existence.
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Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2025
The hoard appeared to be purposely buried in the remains of some sort of structure — archaeologists found evidence of post holes of a timber building that had long since rotted away.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 15 Mar. 2025
Two seats were purposely kept empty so that their colleagues could later hitch a ride back to Earth.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025
Little to no foley of the car, few to no anchoring shots of the road from inside the car, and a purposely simplistic GPS—suggesting tongue in cheek that the parents are in uncharted territory—conspire to keep us on edge.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
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Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2025
The hoard appeared to be purposely buried in the remains of some sort of structure — archaeologists found evidence of post holes of a timber building that had long since rotted away.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 15 Mar. 2025
Two seats were purposely kept empty so that their colleagues could later hitch a ride back to Earth.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025
Little to no foley of the car, few to no anchoring shots of the road from inside the car, and a purposely simplistic GPS—suggesting tongue in cheek that the parents are in uncharted territory—conspire to keep us on edge.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Purposely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purposely. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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