Examples of purposely in a Sentence
the real estate agent purposely withheld information that would have discouraged us from buying the property
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Prouse's priority was to avoid any child feeling labeled or purposely assigned to a table that wasn't as academically strong.
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Taken together, Showing Up and Night Moves thematically foreshadow Reichardt’s critique of James in The Mastermind by purposely pushing real-world problems to the margins.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
One day, calling kids up to get pizza for a class lunch, the teacher repeatedly and purposely bungled her name.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
In fact, the camera almost seems to purposely tilt up to reveal the second exit sign above her head, as if to call attention to it.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Taken together, Showing Up and Night Moves thematically foreshadow Reichardt’s critique of James in The Mastermind by purposely pushing real-world problems to the margins.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
One day, calling kids up to get pizza for a class lunch, the teacher repeatedly and purposely bungled her name.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
In fact, the camera almost seems to purposely tilt up to reveal the second exit sign above her head, as if to call attention to it.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Purposely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purposely. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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purposely
adverb
pur·pose·ly
ˈpər-pəs-lē 
: with a clear or known purpose
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