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I tend to think of "purposely" as meaning "on purpose", or intentionally, and descriptive of a singular incident; whereas "purposefully" more specifically describes a state of intent of doing something on purpose and/or proactively working toward a goal of some sort.
eg: "I purposely forgot to return a friend's call [because I didn't care to talk with her]" vs. "I purposefully avoided returning a friend's call", with the second instance indicating a more general goal.
Maybe a simpler way of stating this is that "purposely" means on purpose, whereas "purposefully" means with a purpose.
Does that make any sense?
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Bobyoungbalt 10/08/2001 2:21 AM ![]()
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tsuwm 10/08/2001 4:43 PM ![]()
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Jackie 10/08/2001 8:07 PM ![]()
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