Dictionary

purpositively en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɚpəsədɪvlɪ/ (General-American)
• /ˈpəːpəsᵻtɪvlɪ/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English purpos English purpose Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English -tive English purpositive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English purpositively From purpositive + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a purpositive manner.
   • Cattle farms of about seventy cattle were purpositively selected following the report that some of the animals in the farms had pica and reduced appetite. 2015 March 14, Christopher Igoche Ogbaje, Idris Alao Lawal, Ologunja Joseph Ajanusi, “Sensitivity of Nigerian field isolates of Trypanosoma vivax and Trypanosoma congolense to commonly available trypanocides”, in Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease, volume 5, number 3, via ResearchGate, →DOI, pages 214–218:
   • Knowledge of these subjects would grow rapidly if the school would take hold of the matter purpositively […] 1899, Severance Burrage, Henry Turner Bailey, “School Children”, in School Sanitation and Decoration: A Practical Study of Health and Beauty in their Relations to Public Schools, Boston; New York; Chicago: D.C. Heath and Company, page 145:
   • Development should purpositively target these differences (treating communities as heterogeneous rather than homogenous groups. 2005, Olu-Olu Olufayo, Perspective on Globalisation and Africa Development, Bolabay Publications, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 126:

Forms

Synonyms

purposively