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单词 purposefully
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purposefully

/ˈpəːpəsfʊli/ /ˈpəːpəsf(ə)li /
adverb
1In a way that shows determination or resolve: Rachael takes the lead, striding purposefully towards the door...
  • Then she heads purposefully for the door.
  • Olivia marches purposefully around the shop.
  • I much prefer it when he strides purposefully through the office with a menacing glare.
2With a useful purpose: how is it possible to share information effectively and purposefully with project partners?...
  • I want the paintings clearly and purposefully hung, without trying to conceal or minimize the visual interruption.
  • We can guide students more purposefully through their work as writers and use our responses to teach, not just to critique or grade.
  • The latter means that management can purposefully change the mix, introducing more market, for example, or less command.
3Intentionally and deliberately: we purposefully avoided addressing the problem purposefully vague answers...
  • He's purposefully avoiding the questions about his own prior admissions.
  • They are thugs, delighting in purposefully tormenting him.
  • The work wound down and the planned clean-up of the site was purposefully put aside.
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