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purposely
adverb as in intentionally
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But it certainly contributed, and purposely so, to the defeat of the tough Likud hardliner Yitzhak Shamir in 1992.
She throws gigantic, destructive parties, and purposely lights his ottomans on fire.
Was that something you had purposely incorporated from Scandal?
There, said Obama, “the United States has purposely avoided choosing sides.”
But what if I told you there was another burger chain that purposely pays above the minimum wage?
Only then did I own that by hook or by crook—and mostly by crook, I was forced to suspect—they had purposely given me the slip.
It was not purposely contrived, it was in automatic obedience to deeper impulses than she knew.
He purposely lied about the take because Carlson usually charged on the percentage basis.
The Governor purposely had the biggest American horses and the largest vehicles brought out to make an impression.
She seemed to be purposely emphasising the selfish part of her dissatisfaction out of a kind of reckless defiance.
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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to purposely, such as: consciously, deliberately, explicitly, expressly, knowingly, and willfully.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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