Usually means: Intentionally, with a specific aim.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word Purposely:

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  1. purposely: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. purposely: Merriam-Webster
  3. purposely: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. purposely: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. purposely: Collins English Dictionary
  6. purposely: Vocabulary.com
  7. Purposely, purposely: Wordnik
  8. purposely: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. purposely: Wiktionary
  10. purposely: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. purposely: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. purposely: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. purposely: Dictionary.com
  14. purposely: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Purposely: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. purposely: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. purposely: Rhymezone
  18. Purposely: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. purposely: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. purposely: FreeDictionary.org
  21. purposely: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. purposely: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. purposely: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. purposely: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (purposely)

▸ adverb:  On purpose; intentionally.

Similar:
deliberately, advisedly, designedly, by design, intentionally, by choice, on purpose, purposefully, purposedly, purposively, more...

Opposite:
accidentally, unintentionally, inadvertently

Types:
deliberately, intentionally, on purpose, wittingly, more...

Phrases:
purposely avoiding the truth, purposely absurd, purposely a, purposely distorting a fact, purposely keep just out of reach, more...

Colors:
    indigo,     violet,     teal,     burgundy,     olive, more...



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Similar:
deliberately, advisedly, designedly, by design, intentionally, by choice, on purpose, purposefully, purposedly, purposively, more...

Opposite:
accidentally, unintentionally, inadvertently

Types:
deliberately, intentionally, on purpose, wittingly, more...

Phrases:
purposely avoiding the truth, purposely absurd, purposely a, purposely distorting a fact, purposely keep just out of reach, purposely misled, purposely ignorant, purposely exasperating, more...

Colors:
    indigo,     violet,     teal,     burgundy,     olive, more...



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