She purposely showed off her dress.
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Purposely
//ˈpɝpəsli//
Synonyms for "purposely" (41 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (20)
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Synonyms
5 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- нарочно adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
Chinese
1 entries- 刁工 adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 故意 adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
Czech
1 entries- schválně adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
Finnish
4 entries- tahallaan adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
- tarkoituksellisesti adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
- tieten tahtoen adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
- varta vasten adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
French
1 entries- exprès adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
German
1 entries- absichtlich adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
Hungarian
1 entries- szándékosan adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
Irish
1 entries- d'aon toisc adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
Italian
3 entries- apposta adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
- di proposito adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
- intenzionalmente adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
Japanese
1 entries- わざと adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
Latin
1 entries- consultō adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- مخصوص adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
Polish
1 entries- celowo adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
Portuguese
1 entries- propositadamente adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
Russian
2 entries- наме́ренно adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
- специа́льно adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- a dh'aon ghnothach adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
Spanish
3 entries- a propósito adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
- aposta adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
- intencionadamente adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
Swedish
1 entries- avsiktligt adv (on purpose; intentionally — see also on purpose, intentionally)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Tom would often make mistakes purposely just so the teacher would notice him.
Source: tatoeba (941345)
Tom purposely wore his shirt inside out just to irritate Mary.
Source: tatoeba (1028167)
I assure you I did not do it purposely.
Source: tatoeba (2490773)
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