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Definition of "purposely" []

  • With specific purpose. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "purposely" in a sentence
  • "“Because I choose to, honey,” she said, stressing the word purposely."
  • "His behavior as Governor in purposely misleading the public and his staff by going out of the country for five days without leaving any way of communicating and no instructions or chain of command IS very much for the scrutiny of his colleagues the constituents whom he was supposed to be working for at the time."
  • "Palin purposely thrust herself into the public limelight when she ran for mayor, governor and vice president, and again with public appearances and making herself a front-page news item."