purpositively
/ˈpɚpəsədɪvlɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a purpositive manner.
Example Sentences
- "Knowledge of these subjects would grow rapidly if the school would take hold of the matter purpositively […]"
- "Development should purpositively target these differences (treating communities as heterogeneous rather than homogenous groups."
- "Cattle farms of about seventy cattle were purpositively selected following the report that some of the animals in the farms had pica and reduced appetite."
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle English purpos English purpose Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English -tive English purpositive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English purpositively From purpositive + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɚpəsədɪvlɪ/
- British English: /ˈpəːpəsᵻtɪvlɪ/
Inflected Forms
more purpositively (comparative)
most purpositively (superlative)