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Purposely
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adverb (adv.)
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.