Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

purposively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: pur-po-sive-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a purposive manner.

Example Sentences

"When the vows are purposively made, Why is there a curse of mistrade?"
"Howard [...] walked purposively to the front door."

Etymology

From purposive + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: purposive

Inflected Forms

more purposively (comparative) most purposively (superlative)

Questions

What does purposively mean?: In a purposive manner.
Where does purposively come from?: From purposive + -ly.

How to pronounce purposively

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