purposeful
/ˈpəːpəsfʊl
/ /ˈpəːpəsf(ə)l/adjective
1Having or showing determination or resolve: the purposeful stride of a great barrister...
- Lani strode from the hall, purposeful steps and determined expression a warning to all the servants in the palace.
- Up close, she could tell that the two of them could not be much older than her or Alisha, and they both wore a determined and purposeful look.
- He takes the stage with a stride that's purposeful, elegant, even serene, befitting a Californian who seriously loves surfing, martial arts and fast cars.
Synonyms
determined, resolute, resolved, firm, steadfast, single-minded;
enthusiastic, ambitious, enterprising, motivated, driven, committed, dedicated, persistent, persevering, tenacious, dogged, unfaltering, unwavering, unshakeable
2Having a useful purpose: purposeful activities...
- Crisp, purposeful but most importantly useful - almost a personal assistant, perhaps even a personal digital assistant.
- ‘An important aspect of the prison regime is that of rehabilitation and encouraging prisoners in a positive and purposeful activity,’ a spokesman said.
- This is determined by the central place the means and methods occupy in the structure of people's meaningful and purposeful activity.
3Intentional: if his sudden death was not accidental, it must have been purposeful...
- The term ‘spectator’ as that word is understood in its ordinary sense in context with the statutory terms, is a purposeful, knowing or intentional observer of an event.
- But in this case, I think the problem is more the reporter's innate prejudice than any purposeful intention to smear the U.S. Army.
- The state calculated the amount of purposeful underpayment by Chevron to be $13.5 million over the thirteen years and the jury agreed.
Derivatives
purposefulness
/ /ˈpəːpəsf(ə)lnəs/ noun ...- There has always been a furious doggedness to him, a strong-willed purposefulness that drove him, sometimes headlong, through life.
- Hess may have been noted above all for the poetry of her performances, but there is ample evidence here of her power and purposefulness.
- The criminal ‘justice’ system functions to alienate and isolate the accused individual, to destroy one's power and purposefulness and to weave a web of confusion and mystification around any legal proceedings.