Usually means: Intentionally, with a specific goal.
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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word purposively:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. purposively: Merriam-Webster
  2. purposively: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. purposively: Collins English Dictionary
  4. purposively: Vocabulary.com
  5. purposively: Wordnik
  6. purposively: Wiktionary
  7. purposively: Dictionary.com
  8. purposively: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. purposively: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (purposively)

▸ adverb:  In a purposive manner.

Similar:
purposefully, purposedly, purposely, unpurposively, intentfully, intentionally, intentionalistically, intendedly, unpurposefully, aimfully, more...

Opposite:
accidentally, unintentionally, inadvertently

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Similar:
purposefully, purposedly, purposely, unpurposively, intentfully, intentionally, intentionalistically, intendedly, unpurposefully, aimfully, more...

Opposite:
accidentally, unintentionally, inadvertently



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