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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Recent Examples of purposely
Mile Elam, who had made the trip to West Tennessee from Bella Vista, Arkansas, purposely sat in a back row of the news conference as not to draw attention to himself.
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Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 9 Sep. 2025
The robust steel hull is contrasted by a lightweight aluminum superstructure that is purposely minimal in design to maximise the views from indoors.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
The mother of four allegedly confessed to purposely drowning her 4-year-old son Vincen Miller and attempting to drown her three older children — a 15-year-old girl and 18-year-old twin boys — after speaking with God.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Man’s Best Friend’s dewy charm/smarm offensive also seems purposely set to so much country music, a field shaped by its key artists’ and core audience’s Christian family values.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
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Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 9 Sep. 2025
The robust steel hull is contrasted by a lightweight aluminum superstructure that is purposely minimal in design to maximise the views from indoors.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
The mother of four allegedly confessed to purposely drowning her 4-year-old son Vincen Miller and attempting to drown her three older children — a 15-year-old girl and 18-year-old twin boys — after speaking with God.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Man’s Best Friend’s dewy charm/smarm offensive also seems purposely set to so much country music, a field shaped by its key artists’ and core audience’s Christian family values.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purposely
Adverb
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Giants pitcher Justin Verlander, who had just allowed four straight batters to hit the ball at least 97 MPH, intentionally walked Shohei Ohtani.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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With a base open, Melvin elected to intentionally walk one MVP in Shohei Ohtani to get to another MVP in Betts.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Remarkably, almost all of the forty or so core players survived their time here and avoided being deliberately gassed, although their main conductor did not survive.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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But the best leaders don’t rush, deliberately slowing down to build their presence, become connected to those around them, and make better choices.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Purposely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purposely. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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