purposely

Adverb

Meaning

With purpose or design; intentionally; with predetermination; designedly.

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Examples

I try to deal with the complexities of power and social life, but as far as the visual presentation goes I purposely avoid a high degree of difficulty. Barbara Kruger

It was a rude, brutal and purposely ugly book. However, it was an honest book. Lima Barreto

I have purposely presented the land ethic as a product of social evolution because nothing so important as an ethic is ever ‘written' ... it evolves in the minds of a thinking community. Aldo Leopold

Thus, from admiration of one wise and innocent child, and from a misheard remark, the process that not even Aristotle could codify was triggered. Where do you get your ideas? I purposely mishear things. Harlan Ellison

I would never purposely sing a song about someone I love, I wouldn't want to embarrass them. But for someone I don't like... I would definitely do that. Jack White

[I] purposely avoided the styles of Raphael and Michaelangelo because I was ambitious of higher distinction than that of a clever imitator. Titian

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