as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing
the Federal Reserve purposively controls the supply of money in order to keep a lid on inflation
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Adverb
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The Girls Opportunity Alliance fund is intentionally designed to provide a range of support.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025 -
The Mariners intentionally walked Carpenter to load the bases with two outs in the 11th and escaped one of the game’s biggest situations when Gleyber Torres flied out to right field.—
The Athletic MLB Staff,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The Tilly announcement struck many in the AI content community as deliberately provocative.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2025
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Some Democrats who know Jeffries well dismiss the idea that Trump is deliberately cold-shouldering Jeffries.—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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One day, calling kids up to get pizza for a class lunch, the teacher repeatedly and purposely bungled her name.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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In fact, the camera almost seems to purposely tilt up to reveal the second exit sign above her head, as if to call attention to it.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Purposively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purposively. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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