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English
Etymology
purpose + -ly
Pronunciation
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 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.
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Translations
on purpose; intentionally