Purposefully

Purposefully
Purposeful Pur"pose*ful, a. Important; material. ``Purposeful accounts.'' --Tylor. -- {Pur"pose*ful*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]

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  • purposefully — index knowingly, purposely Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • purposefully — purposely, purposefully Purposely is the older word (15c) and means ‘on purpose, intentionally’ • (We ve purposely changed our programmes on Tuesday to fit in with the Royal timetable BBC Press Release, 2002 [OEC]) whereas the more recent word… …   Modern English usage

  • purposefully — See purposely, purposefully …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • purposefully — adv. Purposefully is used with these verbs: ↑avoid, ↑march, ↑stride …   Collocations dictionary

  • purposefully — purposeful ► ADJECTIVE 1) having or showing determination. 2) having a purpose. DERIVATIVES purposefully adverb purposefulness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • purposefully — adverb in a purposeful manner he caught the motorcycles in the full glare of his headlights, braked and slipped purposefully out of the car • Derived from adjective: ↑purposeful …   Useful english dictionary

  • purposefully - purposely — ◊ purposefully If someone does something purposefully, they do it in a way that suggests that they have a definite purpose and a strong desire to achieve this purpose. A large young woman stepped purposefully towards John Franklyn. He walked… …   Useful english dictionary

  • purposefully adv — The cat seems happy now it s been fed, said Tom purposefully …   English expressions

  • purposefully — adverb see purposeful …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • purposefully — See purposeful. * * * …   Universalium

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