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purposefully

[pur-puhs-fuh-lee] / ˈpɜr pəs fə li /






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To visually represent the protagonist's mental breakdown without making the single-room setting feel static, Chuprina says that he purposefully changed the camera lenses as the story progressed.

From BBC

I sat in the window, watching as she left the house, walked purposefully to the end of the street and waited at the corner.

From Literature

I’d asked her once what would have happened to me if I hadn’t tested positive for the active Glitching gene, and she’d been purposefully vague.

From Literature

Making a purposefully idiosyncratic retelling of a classic tale came with its own challenges.

From Los Angeles Times

We were led on by my sister purposefully and by my mother unintentionally.

From Literature