purposely
pur·pose·ly
adverb \-lē\: in a way that is planned or intended : in a deliberate way
Full Definition of PURPOSELY
: with a deliberate or express purpose
See Examples of PURPOSELY
- <the real estate agent purposely withheld information that would have discouraged us from buying the property>
First Known Use of PURPOSELY
15th century
Related to PURPOSELY
- Synonyms
- advisedly, consciously, deliberately, designedly, knowingly, purposefully, intentionally, purposively, willfully, wittingly
- Antonyms
- inadvertently, unconsciously, unintentionally, unknowingly, unwittingly
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