purposely

English

Etymology

purpose +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

purposely (comparative more purposely, superlative most purposely)

1. on purpose; intentionally

Synonyms

• deliberately
• intentionally
• on purpose
• wilfully, willfully
• purposefully (proscribed)

Related terms

• purpose

Translations

on purpose; intentionally

• Finnish: tahallaan (fi), tarkoituksellisesti (fi), varta vasten (fi), tieten tahtoen (fi)
• French: exprès (fr)
• German: absichtlich (de)
• Hungarian: szándékosan (hu)
• Italian: apposta (it)
• Latin: consultō
• Polish: celowo (pl)
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• Portuguese: propositadamente
• Russian: намеренно (ru) (namerenno), специально (ru) (specialʹno) (colloquial)
• Scottish Gaelic: a dh'aon ghnothach
• Spanish: intencionadamente, aposta (es), a propósito (es)
• Swedish: avsiktligt (sv)