purposely
Syllables: pur·pose·lyUK/ˈpɜːpəsli//ˈpɝpəsli/
purposely adverb: on purpose; intentionally.
Adverb
purposely (comparative more purposely, superlative most purposely)
- On purpose; intentionally.
- I purposely left the door unlocked.
- [T]hey would ſay [...] that I had quarrell'd / My brother purpoſely, thereby to finde / An apt pretext, to baniſh them my houſe.1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, Act II...
- Synonyms:
- deliberately, intentionally, on purpose, purposefully[proscribed]]>, wilfully, willfully
purposely meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
purposely in Tamil
- அறிந்துகொண்டே, தெரிந்து கொண்டே, வேண்டுமென்றே
purposely in Marathi
- हेतुपुरस्सर, हेतुपूर्वक
purposely in Urdu
- بل ارادہ
purposely in Bengali
- ইচ্ছাকৃতভাবে, উদ্দেশ্যমূলকভাবে
More languagesFewer languages
- purposely in Malayalam
- ഉദ്ദേശ്യത്തോടുകൂടി, കരുതിക്കൂട്ടി, സാഭിപ്രായം
- purposely in Kannada
- ಬೇಕೆಂದೇ, ಉದ್ದೇಶಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ, ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟ ಉದ್ದೇಶದಿಂದ
- purposely in Gujarati
- હેતુપૂર્વક
Examples of purposely in a sentence
- Quit purposely drilling out the time hoping that someone else will do your chores.
- The gloves are off in this match; both teams are purposely committing fouls against opposing players!
- How do we tell that the empty flat has been purposely left unoccupied?
Synonyms of purposely
- deliberately
- intentionally
- on purpose
- purposefully[proscribed]]>
- wilfully
- willfully
Forms of purposely
| comparative | more purposely |
|---|---|
| superlative | most purposely |
Origin of purposely
From Middle English purposly; equivalent to purpose + -ly.
Questions about purposely
- What does purposely mean?
- Purposely means on purpose; intentionally.
- What is purposely in Tamil?
- Purposely in Tamil is அறிந்துகொண்டே, தெரிந்து கொண்டே, வேண்டுமென்றே. See Purposely meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is purposely?
- Purposely is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce purposely?
- Purposely is pronounced /ˈpɝpəsli/ (US).
Words near purposely in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: purposely (page history and authors); purposely (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); purposely (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); purposely (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); purposely (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); purposely (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); purposely (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); purposely (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.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-purposely.ogg.
Cite this entry: “purposely.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/purposely. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.