purposely
purposely
adverbDefinition of PURPOSELY
with full awareness of what one is doing <the real estate agent purposely withheld information that would have discouraged us from buying the property>
Synonyms advisedly, consciously, deliberately, designedly, knowingly, purposefully, purposely, purposively, willfully, wittingly
Near Antonyms accidentally, incidentally; haphazardly, randomly; involuntarily, unwillingly; impulsively, instinctively, spontaneously
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