PURPOSEFULLY Synonyms: 95 Similar and Opposite Words

purposefully

adverb

as in intentionally

with full awareness of what one is doing he purposefully chose the more difficult route to the mountain summit

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as in hard

with great effort or determination strode purposefully into the boss's office, determined to ask for a raise

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Recent Examples of purposefully DeepFabric launched its platform in July, emphasizing that it is purposefully built for the supply chain. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2026 The acting is also purposefully stilted, inspired by the acting on children’s television shows. — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Leon Cannizzaro, the New Orleans district attorney at the time, objected, telling the court that his office did not purposefully withhold any evidence. — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 6 Aug. 2026 Durant seemed to be purposefully underplaying his former teammates. — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Aug. 2026 States should step up their efforts to audit hospitals and nursing homes, to determine whether profits are being purposefully siphoned to related parties. — Peter Ubel, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Huerta, 18, is accused of purposefully running over Ramirez with her car in the early morning hours of July 26 in a parking lot along Caldwell Boulevard in Nampa. — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2026 The markets’ interpretation of the Fed’s interest-rate decisions has gotten cloudier because Warsh has purposefully chosen to give away less. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 30 July 2026 Anthony Fauci misled the American people, repeatedly and purposefully. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026

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Underpromising and intentionally choosing to overdeliver is always a good strategy.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Phia built other features that similarly dropped a cookie without the shopper intentionally clicking on its coupons or links.

— Bloomberg, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of intentionally

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The administration sees the naval blockade of the strait and sanctions as effective and views Trump as having additional options that can be cranked harder in the weeks and months ahead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Let curiosity expand your world without making your message harder to follow or apply in real life.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of hard

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Roughly 7 in 10 people globally believe government officials, business leaders and journalists are deliberately misleading them.

— Jamie Gutfreund, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
After the 2008 financial crisis, the Fed began more deliberately guiding the market to near certainty on the trajectory of rates heading into its meetings.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of deliberately

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All clubs have succession plans and Stuttgart’s Germany midfielder Angelo Stiller and Victor Froholdt of Porto, a Denmark international, are among the players to have been scouted intensively.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2026
Claude cannot have or raise kids—intensively or otherwise—or possess any insight into yours or mine, or know what your kid wants for dinner.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 16 July 2026

Definition of intensively

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Many entries seem almost purposely crafted to inflame every lingering conservative grievance over the pandemic.

— Megan McArdle, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2026
On the flip side, that might fit better as a non-title feud, so that could mean that at WWE SummerSlam, either Rodriguez or Perez inadvertently, or perhaps purposely, costs Morgan the title.

— Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of purposely

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Some diligently blur out the faces of guests who are in the vicinity and captured on camera.

— Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
As some of this work has encountered delays and other unique challenges, Sherwin-Williams has worked diligently with the PA DEP throughout the process and remains committed to completing these improvements and operating the facility responsibly.

— Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of diligently

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The two lawmakers have intensely criticized Fauci over the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic for years, with Paul recently releasing diary entries penned by Fauci during the height of the pandemic.

— Joe Walsh, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Though Hallegua and Josephai rarely meet, both are intensely proud of their ancient heritage.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

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