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purposefully
[ pur-puhs-fuh-lee ]
adverb
- in a determined or resolute way:
Many runners break down in the marathon’s second half, but I stayed positive as I painfully and purposefully placed one foot in front of the other.
- in a thoughtful and focused way, with a serious desire to accomplish something:
The Family Fun Cooking Classes are designed to educate, but more importantly, to encourage adults in our community to purposefully spend time with young people.
- with intention; deliberately; purposely:
He maliciously and purposefully slammed the car door on my foot, resulting in a fracture.
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Example Sentences
Early analysis of the hoard, released on Tuesday, suggests a lot of the items had been purposefully burnt or broken before being buried as a show of power and wealth.
Trump described the move as a "secondary tariff" aimed at punishing the Latin American country "for numerous reasons", including allegedly "purposefully" sending gang members to the US.
The painting, which was presented to the building in 2019, was "purposefully distorted to a level that even I, perhaps, have never seen before", he wrote on Truth Social on Monday morning.
"It was done purposefully because everyone thought it would give the charity a huge boost to get people there."
Ever since then we have been training very purposefully,
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