adj.
- resolute.
- having a strong purpose:
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purposeful activities.
Derivative
- purposefully adv.
- purposefulness n.
Usage
The adverbs purposefully, purposely, and purposively have different meanings. Purposely means ‘on purpose, deliberately’, while purposefully means ‘resolutely’ or ‘with a strong purpose’, as in he strode purposefully through the courtyard. The uncommon word purposively means ‘with a particular purpose’.
