purposely

English

Etymology

From Middle English purposly; equivalent to purpose +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɝpəsli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜːpəsli/

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• Hyphenation: pur‧pose‧ly

Adverb

purposely (comparative more purposely, superlative most purposely)

1. 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[iam] 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.

Related terms

• purpose

Translations

on purpose; intentionally

• Bulgarian: нарочно (bg) (naročno)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 故意 (zh) (gùyì)

  Min Nan: 刁工 (zh-min-nan) (thiau-kang)

• Czech: schválně (cs)
• Finnish: tahallaan (fi), tarkoituksellisesti (fi), varta vasten (fi), tieten tahtoen (fi)
• French: exprès (fr)
• German: absichtlich (de)
• Hungarian: szándékosan (hu)
• Italian: apposta (it)
• Japanese: わざと (ja) (wazato)
• Latin: consultō
• Polish: celowo (pl)
• 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)