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purposively
adverb
formaluk /ˈpɜː.pə.sɪv.li/ us /ˈpɝː.pə.sɪv.li/
with the aim of achieving a particular thing:
Participants were identified purposively, in order to ensure the inclusion of different professional groups and grades of staff.
His theory of economics is based on the idea that individuals act purposively in pursuit of their goals.
Compare
purposefully
Schemes were purposively sampled to represent size, type, and resident tenure.
Social reformers can proceed purposively on the understanding that nothing guarantees that their work will outlive the experimental stage.
These teams can be described as purposively specialist.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Goals and purposes
achievement orientation
affordance
ambition
avail
cause
dedicated
dream
eye
function
idea
idly
intention
it's the thought that countsidiom
key performance indicator
subgoal
target
target setting
thought
towards
undedicated
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