purposeful
Example Sentences
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What comes to my mind, though, are the wide shots of Mary traveling the pedestrian path beside Lake of the Isles with long, purposeful steps, unhurried yet anything but slow.
From Salon
The interior—small, even a bit confining—is inimitably Honda: serene and understated, quietly purposeful, with tasteful applications of tech and lots of single-purpose switches, including the illuminated centrality of the S+ Shift function button.
This sensation—purposeful but unbound floating—is not new.
By ruling out natural ice driven transport, the research strengthens the case for purposeful human planning and effort.
From Science Daily
Tom Francis, head of personal finance at Octopus Money, says "having a clear and exciting goal whether that's a holiday or an emergency fund makes saving feel purposeful rather than restrictive".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
