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purposefully

/ˈpɜː.pəs.fə.li/US/ˈpɝ.pəs.fə.li/

purposefully adverb: in a purposeful (“resolute, determined”) manner: resolutely, determinedly.

Adverb

purposefully (comparative more purposefully, superlative most purposefully)

  1. In a purposeful (“resolute, determined”) manner: resolutely, determinedly.
    • I strode purposefully across the room.
  2. In a purposeful (“intentional”) manner: intentionally, on purpose, purposely, deliberately.
    • Jones’ sad eyes betray a pervasive pain his purposefully spare dialogue only hints at, while the perfectly cast Brolin conveys hints of playfulness and warmth while staying true to the craggy stoicism at the character’s core.2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2013
    • [C]riminals are purposefully recruiting young, middle-class university students to do their dirty work “because they know they’re honest” and can be trusted to pass on the stolen cash rather than pocketing it all. Plus, students are cash hungry, as lockdown restrictions have squeezed any income...2020 December 8, Claer Barrett, “Could your child be recruited as a money mule?”, in Financial Times, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2020

purposefully meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Malayalam

purposefully in Hindi

purposefully, intentionally
इरादतन irādtan

purposefully in Marathi

हेतुपूर्णपणे

purposefully in Bengali

উদ্দেশ্যপ্রণোদিতভাবে, উদ্দেশ্যমূলকভাবে

purposefully in Malayalam

ഉദ്ദേശ്യപൂർവം
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purposefully in Punjabi
ਉਦੇਸ਼ਪੂਰਨ ਤੌਰ ਉੱਤੇ, ਉਦੇਸ਼ਪੂਰਬਕ, ਉਦੇਸ਼ਪੂਰਨ ਤੌਰ'ਤੇ
purposefully in Gujarati
હેતુપૂર્ણ રીતે

Synonyms of purposefully

Forms of purposefully

comparativemore purposefully
superlativemost purposefully

Origin of purposefully

From purposeful + -ly.

Questions about purposefully

What does purposefully mean?
Purposefully means in a purposeful (“resolute, determined”) manner: resolutely, determinedly.
What is purposefully in Hindi?
Purposefully in Hindi is इरादतन (irādtan). See Purposefully meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is purposefully?
Purposefully is an adverb.
How do you pronounce purposefully?
Purposefully is pronounced /ˈpɜː.pəs.fə.li/ (UK).

Words near purposefully in the dictionary

  1. purpose-made
  2. purposed
  3. purposedly
  4. purposeful
  5. purposeful availment
  6. purposefully
  7. purposefulness
  8. purposeless
  9. purposelessly
  10. purposelessness
  11. purposelike

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: purposefully (page history and authors); इरादतन (Hindi) (page history and authors); purposefully (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); purposefully (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); purposefully (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); purposefully (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); purposefully (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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