Synonyms for purposely
ˈpɜr pəs lipur·pose·ly

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1. purposelyadverb

   Synonyms:
   deliberately, wilfully, willfully, intentionally, on purpose

2. purposelyadverb

   on purpose; intentionally

   Synonyms:
   intentionally, willfully, deliberately, on purpose, wilfully

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1. 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

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1. purposelyadjective

   Synonyms:
   intentionally, designedly, by design, on purpose

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1. List of paraphrases for "purposely":

   deliberately, intentionally, wilfully, purposefully

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1. Mark McCloskey:

   They dropped all the weapons charges and they charged me with the lowest level of misdemeanor, which is something called assault four, which alleges that I purposely placed at least one other person in apprehension of immediate physical injury, i said, ‘Well, I guess I did. That was all point of the guns.’.

2. Nadine Smith:

   He's pushing for government intrusion into workplaces and doctor's offices. It's all in service to his presidential ambitions, republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is purposely picking fights that rev up Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis base. And the intention is to secure the loyalty of the base Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump share.

3. Natalia Rutkowski:

   She asked me to put the bag into the bin which I did and she said, ‘ OK, well the person who swiped has to see it. ’ I said, ‘ This is the third time I’ve done it. ’ then a man came over and shoved his badge in my face and took the bag out of the bin and then plopped it back in sideways so it purposely would n’t fit.

4. Lloyd Austin:

   Of course, you know, if you attack civilians on purpose, target civilians purposely, then that’s not – that is a crime, so, these actions are under review by our State Department, and, of course, there will be and there’s a process that will go through to review all of this.

5. Louise Troh:

   He came purposely for us to get married and live together.