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
Like in 1971, when UF’s defense purposely let UM score so the Gators quarterback could get the ball back and break a passing record.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Mannequin Skin Hair may have gone big this season, but skin went simple, and purposely so.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
Edges and hems were purposely left romantically unfinished and raw, with bodices falling off to reveal the construction underneath or skirt panels hanging asymmetrically exposing multiple layers.
—Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Roblox is designed with rigorous built in safety features, and our policies are purposely stricter than those found on other platforms, including limiting chat for younger users, not allowing sharing images through chat and filters designed to block the sharing of personal information.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Mannequin Skin Hair may have gone big this season, but skin went simple, and purposely so.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
Edges and hems were purposely left romantically unfinished and raw, with bodices falling off to reveal the construction underneath or skirt panels hanging asymmetrically exposing multiple layers.
—Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Roblox is designed with rigorous built in safety features, and our policies are purposely stricter than those found on other platforms, including limiting chat for younger users, not allowing sharing images through chat and filters designed to block the sharing of personal information.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purposely
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By the end of a run, players could have as many as 15 boons which, on top of temporary weapon upgrades, blessings from Moon, familiars, and more, creates a dizzying amount of customization that’s almost impossible to intentionally recreate verbatim on the regular.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Most of the female characters in One Battle After Another are Black, and while the film features far fewer faces than Pynchon’s sprawling, expansive book, Anderson has intentionally altered the races of the characters based on Frenesi, Prairie, and DL for his film.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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City police said the blast before dawn in northern Munich at a residential building, which had been deliberately set on fire, appeared connected to a domestic dispute.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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Program officials set a two-year path to mass production following test completion, with full Taiwan manufacture and target unit costs in the low hundreds of thousands USD, deliberately priced for salvo fire.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Purposely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purposely. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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