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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

Phrases Synonymous with purposely

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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