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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 | |
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#14211 | deliberately | |
#15445 | intentionally | |
#34220 | purposely | |
#37875 | willfully | |
#47132 | purposefully | |
#71535 | wilfully | |
#190077 | advisedly | |
#313432 | designedly |
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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.
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.
I believe Dr. Fata knowingly and purposely treated me for the wrong cancer and gave me the wrong chemotherapy.
Further, the multisource nature of our assessment process purposely guards against any single report or opinion unduly influencing leaders and decision-makers.
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.
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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