purposely
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈpɝpəsli/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈpɜːpəsli/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: pur‧pose‧ly
Adverb
purposely (comparative more purposely, superlative most purposely)
- On purpose; intentionally.
- Synonyms: deliberately, intentionally, purposefully, wilfully, willfully (Use of purposefully as a synonym for purposely is proscribed)
- 1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 21:
- [T]hey would ſay [...] that I had quarrell'd / My brother purpoſely, thereby to finde / An apt pretext, to baniſh them my houſe.
Related terms
Translations
on purpose; intentionally
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