Synonyms for purposely
ˈpɜr pəs lipur·pose·ly

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1. purposelyadverb

   Synonyms:
   deliberately, wilfully, willfully, intentionally, on purpose

2. purposelyadverb

   on purpose; intentionally

   Synonyms:
   intentionally, willfully, deliberately, on purpose, wilfully

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1. intentionally, deliberately, designedly, on purpose, purposely, advisedly, by choice, by designadverb

   with intention; in an intentional manner

   "he used that word intentionally"; "I did this by choice"

   Synonyms:
   by design, by choice, on purpose, advisedly, intentionally, designedly, measuredly, deliberately

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1. purposelyadjective

   Synonyms:
   intentionally, designedly, by design, on purpose

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1. List of paraphrases for "purposely":

   deliberately, intentionally, wilfully, purposefully

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1. Chaim Siegel:

   Tesla's been trying to run full tilt, he's sleeping overnight on the production floor. I don't think there is any way they'd purposely want to slow production. It tells me something's not quite right.

2. Mehmet Oz:

   You know what – in making my show I always expected the best for my audience and they always delighted me, because Americans are really sharp, and they get it, and so what I see John Fetterman doing is purposely muddying the water.

3. Iraq CentCom:

   Further, the multisource nature of our assessment process purposely guards against any single report or opinion unduly influencing leaders and decision-makers.

4. Mark McCloskey:

   They dropped all the weapons charges and they charged me with the lowest level of misdemeanor, which is something called assault four, which alleges that I purposely placed at least one other person in apprehension of immediate physical injury, i said, ‘Well, I guess I did. That was all point of the guns.’.

5. Donald Crabtree:

   I believe Dr. Fata knowingly and purposely treated me for the wrong cancer and gave me the wrong chemotherapy.