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purposely

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of purposely

advisedly, consciously, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, knowingly, purposefully, purposively, willfully, wittingly
Words Related to purposely

calculatedly, studiedly

voluntarily, willingly

premeditatedly
Phrases Synonymous with purposely

on purpose
Near Antonyms of purposely

accidentally, incidentally

haphazardly, randomly

involuntarily, unwillingly

impulsively, instinctively, spontaneously
Antonyms of purposely

inadvertently, unconsciously, unintentionally, unknowingly, unwittingly

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