Definition of "purposefully" []

• In a purposeful manner. (adverb)

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• "No one ever referred to these laws as euthenasia – until Sarah Palin purposefully lied to the American public in an effort to stir up anti-health care reform sentiment."
• "He indulges in purposefully offensive material — violence, sex, bigotry — for its shock value, and he seems to have an active contempt for his readers."
• "Ewe strides in purposefully, opens the fridge and stares."