purposefully
Example Sentences
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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
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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
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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
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.