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Synonyms for purposely
ˈpɜr pəs lipur·pose·ly
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purposelyadverb
Synonyms:
deliberately, wilfully, willfully, intentionally, on purposepurposelyadverb
on purpose; intentionally
Synonyms:
intentionally, willfully, deliberately, on purpose, wilfully
Princeton's WordNet
intentionally, deliberately, designedly, on purpose, purposely, advisedly, by choice, by designadverb
with intention; in an intentional manner
"he used that word intentionally"; "I did this by choice"
Synonyms:
by design, by choice, on purpose, advisedly, intentionally, designedly, measuredly, deliberately
Dictionary of English Synonymes
purposelyadjective
Synonyms:
intentionally, designedly, by design, on purpose
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "purposely":
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #14211 | deliberately | |
| #15445 | intentionally | |
| #34220 | purposely | |
| #37875 | willfully | |
| #47132 | purposefully | |
| #71535 | wilfully | |
| #190077 | advisedly | |
| #313432 | designedly |
How to use purposely in a sentence?
We have been very focused on expanding the company into India [ and ] the Middle East, this is a fantastic app to serve those networks... equally strong, equally loud, but purposely built for emerging markets.
You know what – in making my show I always expected the best for my audience and they always delighted me, because Americans are really sharp, and they get it, and so what I see John Fetterman doing is purposely muddying the water.
It is unethical to purposely expose women and their unborn babies to marijuana during pregnancy to study outcomes, marijuana in pregnancy is... not as black and white as something like alcohol.
Initially I think I was shocked, quite emotional speaking to my wife about the near miss I had, i think I'm in an anger phase just because someone purposely drove a car at me.
He did not mean to come here with Ebola, he came purposely for us to get married and live together.
Translations for purposely
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- absichtlichGerman
- varta vasten, tieten tahtoen, tahallaan, tarkoituksellisestiFinnish
- exprèsFrench
- a dh’aon ghnothachScottish Gaelic
- szándékosanHungarian
- appostaItalian
- celowoPolish
- propositadamentePortuguese
- avsiktligtSwedish
- 故意Chinese
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