1. Having or showing or acting with a purpose or design
   "purposive behaviour" 
2. Having a purpose
   "purposive behaviour"
   - goal-directed

See also: nonrandom, purposeful

• tympanic
• tympanic bone
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• tympanic membrane
• tympanic vein
• tympanist
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• tympanitic
• tympanitis
• tympanoplasty
• Tympanuchus
• Tympanuchus cupido
• Tympanuchus cupido cupido
• Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
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