purposeful
Americanadjective
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having a definite purpose in view
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fixed in one's purpose; determined
Usage
Purposefully is sometimes wrongly used where purposely is meant: he had purposely (not purposefully ) left the door unlocked
Other Word Forms
- purposefully adverb
- purposefulness noun
Etymology
Origin of purposeful
Example Sentences
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I’m more than two years beyond my diagnosis and living a joyful, purposeful life.
What comes to my mind, though, are the wide shots of Mary traveling the pedestrian path beside Lake of the Isles with long, purposeful steps, unhurried yet anything but slow.
From Salon
The interior—small, even a bit confining—is inimitably Honda: serene and understated, quietly purposeful, with tasteful applications of tech and lots of single-purpose switches, including the illuminated centrality of the S+ Shift function button.
This sensation—purposeful but unbound floating—is not new.
By ruling out natural ice driven transport, the research strengthens the case for purposeful human planning and effort.
From Science Daily
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