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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Purposely \Pur"pose*ly\, adverb With purpose or design; intentionally; with predetermination; designedly.
In composing this discourse, I purposely declined all offensive and displeasing truths. --Atterbury.
So much they scorn the crowd, that if the throng By chance go right, they purposely go wrong. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
purposely
adverb: with intention; in an intentional manner; "he used that word intentionally"; "I did this by choice" [syn: {intentionally}, {deliberately}, {designedly}, {on purpose}, {advisedly}, {by choice}, {by design}] [ant: {by chance}, {unintentionally}, {unintentionally}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "purposely": advisedly, by design, calculatedly, consciously, contemplatedly, deliberately, designedly, explicitly, expressly, in cold blood, intentionally, knowingly, meditatedly, on purpose, pointedly, premeditatedly, purposefully, purposively, voluntarily, willfully, with full intent, with intent, with malice aforethought, with purpose, wittingly
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