purposely

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Adverb

purposely (comparative more purposely, superlative most purposely)

1. on purpose; intentionally

Usage notes

• Do not confuse purposely with purposefully, which has a different meaning. See the usage notes for "purposefully".

Synonyms

• deliberately
• intentionally
• on purpose
• wilfully, willfully

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)
• Polish: celowo (pl)
• Scottish Gaelic: a dh’aon ghnothach (gd)
• Swedish: avsiktligt