Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
purposive manner.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word purposively.
Examples
-
Knowledge must move - "purposively" - in and out of organizations.
A Donkey on the Edge 2009
-
Knowledge must move - "purposively" - in and out of organizations.
A Donkey on the Edge 2009
-
The resemblance between the aesthetic judgment and the logical judgment thus opens up a gap that the subject aims (purposively, that is, formally, if not intentionally) to bridge.
Contention and Contestation: Aesthetic Culture in Kant and Bourdieu 2008
-
Now, if we were seriously imagining that the circumstances of poor Ansche were "purposively" anticipated by Souter's noting that the arrest in his case was "authorized" but not "required"--wouldn't this footnote dealing with the very facts at hand have been a darned convenient place to make that invitation clear?
Balkinization 2005
-
In this respect, Smith's films both share and depart from the purposively abject sensibility of Genet's Un Chant D'Amor and Anger's Fireworks, along with the image of Mishima posed famously as the martyred Saint Sebastian by photographer Kishin Shinoyama.
G. Roger Denson: Jack Smith and the Aesthetics of Camp in an Era of Political Correctness G. Roger Denson 2011
-
She said I did it purposively to remind her of her unequal status in our relationship.
I Dated A 50 Foot Woman John Olson 2011
-
Collectively, her paintings portray a rich range of patterns and surfaces, and are often installed to purposively propel the direction of the viewer's movement in relation to the architecture.
Quaytman Explores Terrain Between Text and Image in New SFMOMA Show The Huffington Post News Team 2010
-
Three "choking-susceptible" experienced female basketball players were purposively sampled from 41 screened players.
-
Collectively, her paintings portray a rich range of patterns and surfaces, and are often installed to purposively propel the direction of the viewer's movement in relation to the architecture.
Quaytman Explores Terrain Between Text and Image in New SFMOMA Show Sophia Moreno-Bunge 2010
-
In this respect, Smith's films both share and depart from the purposively abject sensibility of Genet's Un Chant D'Amor and Anger's Fireworks, along with the image of Mishima posed famously as the martyred Saint Sebastian by photographer Kishin Shinoyama.
G. Roger Denson: Jack Smith and the Aesthetics of Camp in an Era of Political Correctness G. Roger Denson 2011
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.