purposively

adverb

Definition of purposivelynext
as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing the Federal Reserve purposively controls the supply of money in order to keep a lid on inflation

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purposively
  1. intentionally
  2. deliberately
  3. purposely
Adverb
  • The team's work revealed that the ducks in the sample appear to have been intentionally fed maize as early as A.D. 800—and may have even been domesticated by around this time.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The Ducks appeared to intentionally leave 12 men on defense late on Ohio State’s final drive of the game, intentionally committing the five-yard penalty in return for four crucial seconds bled off the clock.
    David Ubben, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of intentionally
Adverb
  • Every detail seemed deliberately crafted—from the dynamic staging and the precision of the dancers to the audience.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Today, Putin deliberately chose Christmas for an attack.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of deliberately
Adverb
  • But researchers know of multiple circular monuments in northeastern Scotland that were purposely laid flat.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The component undertakes its internal mathematical and computational effort and then goes out of its way to purposely produce tokens so that the rest of the assembly line functions based on language.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of purposely
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“Purposively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purposively. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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