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词汇 purposefully
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Definition of purposefully in English:

purposefully

adverb ˈpəːpəsfʊliˈpəːpəsf(ə)liˈpərpəsfəli
  • 1In a way that shows determination or resolve.

    Rachael takes the lead, striding purposefully towards the door
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Then she heads purposefully for the door.
    • Niklas headed purposefully for the gramophone in the living room and let the sounds of cheerful Bavarian folk music fill the apartment.
    • There were well-groomed sales negotiators talking purposefully on the phones trying hard to pitch a sale here and close another deal there.
    • I much prefer it when he strides purposefully through the office with a menacing glare.
    • I leave the boss and stride purposefully to the colour printer to retrieve my latest set of glossy prints.
    • He walked purposefully to the small nightstand by the motel bed and pulled a tissue from the box on top of the table.
    • Purposefully, I squared my shoulders and pushed myself off the couch.
    • I swear as I march purposefully toward the direction of the morgue.
    • They slog purposefully, awaiting the report of the distant guns to herald the attack.
    • Olivia marches purposefully around the shop.
    • Michelle completely ignored him and strode purposefully to the racks full of sniper rifles.
    • The boss strode purposefully past the janitors, but then suddenly stopped.
  • 2With a useful purpose.

    how is it possible to share information effectively and purposefully with project partners?
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We can guide students more purposefully through their work as writers and use our responses to teach, not just to critique or grade.
    • Less purposefully, the president also attained the type of monetary policy that he had earlier sought.
    • There is an inability to communicate or interact purposefully with the environment.
    • Many political ecologists are purposefully engaged in such action.
    • Using this gift purposefully, we tap into a higher dimension of intelligence.
    • We have to devise ways in which serious matters are seriously and purposefully discussed.
    • There was some stuff going on there that wasn't entirely explained purposefully.
    • Live more purposefully: reassert your values and become more aware of your actions and motivations.
    • She organized them into an orderly set of people each working purposefully and productively.
    • The latter means that management can purposefully change the mix, introducing more market, for example, or less command.
    • I want the paintings clearly and purposefully hung, without trying to conceal or minimize the visual interruption.
  • 3Intentionally and deliberately.

    we purposefully avoided addressing the problem
    purposefully vague answers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The acting is purposefully melodramatic and adds to the satirical atmosphere that runs through each scene.
    • Their purposefully chaotic show unites song, video and propaganda as the boys bid to convert us from eco-worriers to eco-warriors.
    • The reader is purposefully kept off-balance, not wholly in control of what they read.
    • He's purposefully avoiding the questions about his own prior admissions.
    • Charlie stumbles as they purposefully trip him and push him down.
    • When I went to view the show, all I encountered was a purposefully composed, near derelict space.
    • Some chains purposefully advertise in markets before entering them.
    • The work wound down and the planned clean-up of the site was purposefully put aside.
    • They are thugs, delighting in purposefully tormenting him.
    • Employing language that is purposefully stylized and mannered, it reads something like a perverse Lewis Carroll.
    • We purposefully picked the specific airline because it was the largest and most wellknown national carrier.

Definition of purposefully in US English:

purposefully

adverbˈpərpəsfəliˈpərpəsfəlē
  • 1In a way that shows determination or resolve.

    Rachael takes the lead, striding purposefully towards the door
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They slog purposefully, awaiting the report of the distant guns to herald the attack.
    • Olivia marches purposefully around the shop.
    • I leave the boss and stride purposefully to the colour printer to retrieve my latest set of glossy prints.
    • There were well-groomed sales negotiators talking purposefully on the phones trying hard to pitch a sale here and close another deal there.
    • Michelle completely ignored him and strode purposefully to the racks full of sniper rifles.
    • Purposefully, I squared my shoulders and pushed myself off the couch.
    • I swear as I march purposefully toward the direction of the morgue.
    • Niklas headed purposefully for the gramophone in the living room and let the sounds of cheerful Bavarian folk music fill the apartment.
    • I much prefer it when he strides purposefully through the office with a menacing glare.
    • The boss strode purposefully past the janitors, but then suddenly stopped.
    • Then she heads purposefully for the door.
    • He walked purposefully to the small nightstand by the motel bed and pulled a tissue from the box on top of the table.
  • 2With a useful purpose.

    how is it possible to share information effectively and purposefully with project partners?
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Many political ecologists are purposefully engaged in such action.
    • I want the paintings clearly and purposefully hung, without trying to conceal or minimize the visual interruption.
    • The latter means that management can purposefully change the mix, introducing more market, for example, or less command.
    • Less purposefully, the president also attained the type of monetary policy that he had earlier sought.
    • There was some stuff going on there that wasn't entirely explained purposefully.
    • She organized them into an orderly set of people each working purposefully and productively.
    • We have to devise ways in which serious matters are seriously and purposefully discussed.
    • Live more purposefully: reassert your values and become more aware of your actions and motivations.
    • We can guide students more purposefully through their work as writers and use our responses to teach, not just to critique or grade.
    • Using this gift purposefully, we tap into a higher dimension of intelligence.
    • There is an inability to communicate or interact purposefully with the environment.
  • 3Intentionally and deliberately.

    we purposefully avoided addressing the problem
    purposefully vague answers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Charlie stumbles as they purposefully trip him and push him down.
    • When I went to view the show, all I encountered was a purposefully composed, near derelict space.
    • The work wound down and the planned clean-up of the site was purposefully put aside.
    • Employing language that is purposefully stylized and mannered, it reads something like a perverse Lewis Carroll.
    • The acting is purposefully melodramatic and adds to the satirical atmosphere that runs through each scene.
    • They are thugs, delighting in purposefully tormenting him.
    • He's purposefully avoiding the questions about his own prior admissions.
    • Their purposefully chaotic show unites song, video and propaganda as the boys bid to convert us from eco-worriers to eco-warriors.
    • We purposefully picked the specific airline because it was the largest and most wellknown national carrier.
    • The reader is purposefully kept off-balance, not wholly in control of what they read.
    • Some chains purposefully advertise in markets before entering them.
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