Another word for purposely

purposely Synonyms

purposely

modif.

intentionally, designedly, advisedly; see deliberately.

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She'd never purposely disappoint him.
But, though she noticed it, she was herself in such high spirits at that moment, so far from sorrow, sadness, or self-reproach, that she purposely deceived herself as young people often do.
He did not purposely say things to please her, but whatever he was saying he regarded from her standpoint.
She purposely kept her thoughts of what was to come—and her fear for Jule—at the back of her mind, instead filling it with her willingness to learn her trade.
For I purposely talked to him as if he were a philosopher, or desired to be one.

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