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PURPOSELY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
With intention; in an intentional manner
Example:
I did this by choice
Synonyms:
advisedly; by choice; by design; deliberately; designedly; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
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Context examples:
The man struck the shrewd blow he had purposely withheld for so long, and Buck crumpled up and went down, knocked utterly senseless.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
I purposely abstain from dates on this occasion, that every one may be at liberty to fix their own, aware that the cure of unconquerable passions, and the transfer of unchanging attachments, must vary much as to time in different people.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
In the large kitchen, where I dimly saw bacon and ropes of onions hanging from the beams, the watchers were clustered together, in various attitudes, about a table, purposely moved away from the great chimney, and brought near the door.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He had been most agreeable, most delightful; he had told Harriet that he had seen them go by, and had purposely followed them; other little gallantries and allusions had been dropt, but nothing serious.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
At that moment a little accident supervened, which seemed decreed by fate purposely to prove the truth of the adage, that misfortunes never come singly, and to add to their distresses the vexing one of the slip between the cup and the lip.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
He dismounted, and giving his horse to his servant, walked back with them to Barton, whither he was purposely coming to visit them.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
It might seem as if she had purposely thrown herself in his way again!
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Lady Bertram could think nothing less, and Fanny shared her aunt's security, till she received a few lines from Edmund, written purposely to give her a clearer idea of his brother's situation, and acquaint her with the apprehensions which he and his father had imbibed from the physician with respect to some strong hectic symptoms, which seemed to seize the frame on the departure of the fever.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
A few months ago it would have hurt her exceedingly; but it was not in Mrs. Ferrars' power to distress her by it now;—and the difference of her manners to the Miss Steeles, a difference which seemed purposely made to humble her more, only amused her.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
But I will not torment you with vain wishes, which may seem purposely to ask for your thanks.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
