as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing
the real estate agent purposely withheld information that would have discouraged us from buying the property
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For those who may not be familiar with it, ‘sandbagging’ is when teams hide their cars’ actual performance and purposely put together slower lap times in testing.
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Luke Smith, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Some said that the politicians and developers purposely made the neighborhood worse by shortchanging it on rubbish collection and other services, for instance, justifying their demolition strategy.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
During his trial, authorities accuse him of deliberately setting the fire with the intent to murder his children, testifying that the refrigerator was purposely moved to block a door and that gasoline was poured under one of the children's beds in the shape of a pentagram.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
The company, despite the decline in diamond demand, is defiantly doubling down on its use of diamonds, purposely going against the trend of solitaire rings on thin bands to create something more robust and more personal.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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Luke Smith, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Some said that the politicians and developers purposely made the neighborhood worse by shortchanging it on rubbish collection and other services, for instance, justifying their demolition strategy.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
During his trial, authorities accuse him of deliberately setting the fire with the intent to murder his children, testifying that the refrigerator was purposely moved to block a door and that gasoline was poured under one of the children's beds in the shape of a pentagram.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
The company, despite the decline in diamond demand, is defiantly doubling down on its use of diamonds, purposely going against the trend of solitaire rings on thin bands to create something more robust and more personal.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Purposely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purposely. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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