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# purposely

adverb (no forms)

«purposely» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Purposely means on purpose, deliberately, with the aim of doing it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purposely/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a character purposely does something to trick or help someone

### Examples

- He purposely pretended not to hear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purposely/#x1)
- I did not purposely break your toy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purposely/#x2)
- The fox purposely left a trail of crumbs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purposely/#x3)
- The donkey purposely lay down in the water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purposely/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «purposely» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purposely/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«purposely» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/purposely.html) on Mova free.