Hypertext Webster Gateway: "purposely"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Purposely \Pur"pose*ly\, adv.
With purpose or design; intentionally; with predetermination;
designedly.
In composing this discourse, I purposely declined all
offensive and displeasing truths. --Atterbury.
So much they scorn the crowd, that if the throng By
chance go right, they purposely go wrong. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
purposely
adv : with intention; in an intentional manner; "he used that word
intentionally"; "I did this by choice" [syn: {intentionally},
{deliberately}, {designedly}, {on purpose}, {advisedly},
{by choice}, {by design}] [ant: {by chance}, {unintentionally},
{unintentionally}]
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