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Title: Purposely v. Purposively
Post by: [REDACTED] on August 21, 2009, 08:30:57 AM
Could someone explain the difference between these two words?
Title: Re: Purposely v. Purposively
Post by: YPrrrr on August 21, 2009, 09:35:48 AM
I don't believe I've ever seen anyone use the purposively... It doesn't seem like it would have much use
Title: Re: Purposely v. Purposively
Post by: Samus Aran on August 21, 2009, 10:23:41 AM
They're pretty close to the same thing. They can both be described as "with purpose" or "done with a specific purpose/end result in mind," but only "purposely" is generally thought of as a synonym for "intentionally."

So really, they can be used the same way...it's just one of them has an extra definition tacked onto it, which seems to be largely informal.
Title: Re: Purposely v. Purposively
Post by: Lozal on August 22, 2009, 11:13:13 PM
I've never heard the latter.
Title: Re: Purposely v. Purposively
Post by: snorkel on August 23, 2009, 01:52:16 PM
purposively is the adjective form of "purposive," you can guess the meaning.

I think it's one of those cases where "purposely" relates more to personal actions and "purposively" is better used to describe objective things
Title: Re: Purposely v. Purposively
Post by: Samus Aran on August 23, 2009, 01:58:41 PM
Quote from: wziard on August 23, 2009, 01:52:16 PM
purposively is the adjective form of "purposive," you can guess the meaning.

I think it's one of those cases where "purposely" relates more to personal actions and "purposively" is better used to describe objective things


Adverb, not adjective, sir. :|
Title: Re: Purposely v. Purposively
Post by: snorkel on August 23, 2009, 03:49:03 PM
Quote from: Kaz on August 23, 2009, 01:58:41 PM
Adverb, not adjective, sir. :|


didn't notice that, used wrong word
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