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design; intentionally; with predetermination; designedly. In composing this discourse, I purposely declined all offensive and displeasing truths. Atterbury. So much they scorn the crowd, that if the throng By chance go right, they purposely go wrong. Pope.

With deliberate purpose; purposely; by design. "Advisedly undertaken." Suckling.

To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like. The thorny wilds the woodmen fierce assail. Pope.

To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question.

To propagate evil reports with a design to injure the reputation of another; to make purposely false charges of some offense or crime.

aced upon the heavens, the group is included. The constellations seem to have been almost purposely named and delineated to cause as much confusion and inconvenience as possible. Sir J. Herschel.

Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.

By design; purposely; intentionally; -- opposed to accidentally, ignorantly, or inadvertently.

tion; or, secondly, by putting in action causes or agents over which we have control, and purposely varying their combinations, and noticing what effects take place; this is experiment. Sir J. Herschel.

, as in gilding where the gold leaf is not burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived of gloss.

In a purposed manner; according to purpose or design; purposely. A poem composed purposedly of the Trojan war. Holland.

To quarrel with. [R.] "I had quarelled my brother purposely." B. Jonson.