purposeful
Origin of purposeful
Related Words for purposeful
deliberate, resolute, calculated, persistent, strong-willed, determined, intense, bent, bound, decided, firm, fixed, intent, obstinate, positive, settled, single-minded, stalwart, staunch, steadfastExamples from the Web for purposeful
Contemporary Examples of purposeful
There are a number of inadvertent and purposeful ways for universities to skew their Clery Act numbers.
Bitcoin serves a purpose that is at once expressive and purposeful.
Safety is an issue; purposeful helmet-to-helmet hits needed to be made illegal.
It demonstrates either an incredible act of purposeful evasion or self-deception.
His words were purposeful, almost business-like, with the tautest of poetical flourishes.
Historical Examples of purposeful
He moved off with all the confident air of his simple, purposeful nature.
The Law-BreakersRidgwell Cullum
It was the stubborn, purposeful character of the man that she admired, and thought most of.
The Night RidersRidgwell Cullum
And he was cool, too; cool and self-contained; fearless and purposeful.
ScaramoucheRafael Sabatini
He accepted that feeling with a purposeful sternness, and tried to pass on.
Under Western EyesJoseph Conrad
He, this man who had robbed me of my hard-working, purposeful existence.
Under Western EyesJoseph Conrad