Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Purposely or purposefully?


Purposely or purposefully? National offices of Greenpeace Image via WikipediaPurposely:adverb - on purpose or by design; donewith intention, deliberately.
Purposefully:adverb - having a purpose or meaning;designed or intentional; with a definite purpose in mind; resolute.
Whatyou do 'purposely', you do deliberately.Whatyou do 'purposefully', you do resolutely and with some purpose in mind.
So:
'Jasonplaced the bar of wet soap purposely to see Jane step on it, slip and land inthe bath full of cold water.'
'Janepurposefully surveyed the floor before entering the bathroom, knowing Jason waslikely to try to play some dirty trick on her.'
15 September 1971Greenpeace was founded. I joined them later in the same decade, about 1976, ifI remember rightly.
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Published on September 14, 2011 22:00
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