purposely

English

Etymology

From Middle English purposly; equivalent to purpose +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɝpəsli/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜːpəsli/
• Hyphenation: pur‧pose‧ly

Adverb

purposely (comparative more purposely, superlative most purposely)

1. On purpose; intentionally.

   Synonyms: deliberately, intentionally, on purpose, (proscribed) purposefully, wilfully, willfully

   • 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, scene i, page 21:

     [T]hey would ſay [...] that I had quarrell'd / My brother purpoſely, thereby to finde / An apt pretext, to baniſh them my houſe.

Translations

on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose,‎ intentionally

Bulgarian: нарочно (bg) (naročno) Chinese: Hokkien: 刁工 (zh-min-nan) (thiau-kang) Mandarin: 故意 (zh) (gùyì) Czech: schválně (cs) Finnish: tahallaan (fi), tarkoituksellisesti (fi), varta vasten (fi), tieten tahtoen (fi) French: exprès (fr) German: absichtlich (de) Hungarian: szándékosan (hu) Irish: d'aon toisc Italian: apposta (it), di proposito, intenzionalmente (it) Japanese: わざと (ja) (wazato) Latin: consultō Ottoman Turkish: مخصوص (mahsus) Polish: celowo (pl) Portuguese: propositadamente (pt) Russian: наме́ренно (ru) (namérenno), (colloquial) специа́льно (ru) (speciálʹno) Scottish Gaelic: a dh'aon ghnothach Spanish: intencionadamente (es), aposta (es), a propósito (es) Swedish: avsiktligt (sv)