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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

Princeton's WordNet2.5 / 2 votes

  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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "purposely":

    deliberately, intentionally, wilfully, purposefully

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  1. President Harris:

    The president has been consistent on this issue and the issue at hand, the issue I was there last night in the chamber of the Senate and the issue is there are two bills… that have been the solution that has been offered to address the fact that around our country states have put in place laws that are purposely making it more difficult for the American people to vote.

  2. Rob Lyon:

    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.

  3. Donald Crabtree:

    I believe Dr. Fata knowingly and purposely treated me for the wrong cancer and gave me the wrong chemotherapy.

  4. Iraq CentCom:

    Further, the multisource nature of our assessment process purposely guards against any single report or opinion unduly influencing leaders and decision-makers.

  5. 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.


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