Purposely

Examples

• Helena blushed at this, but, purposely misunderstanding the hint, made demure reply. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• He dismounted, and giving his horse to his servant, walked back with them to Barton, whither he was purposely coming to visit them. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Sir James's brow had a little crease in it, a little depression of the eyebrow, which he seemed purposely to exaggerate as he answered. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Tumbled together on the table are some pieces of iron, purposely broken to be tested at various periods of their service, in various capacities. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Considering the risk that person ran, it's likely enough that Mr. Luker purposely misled you, by previous arrangement between them. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• We paid it, too, for we were purposely spread very far apart over the vast side of the Pyramid. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Of course she did so purposely, and knew that I should treasure it up. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• He comes from Mr. Pratt's purposely to see us. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• I could not allow myself to conceal that your sister had been in town three months last winter, that I had known it, and purposely kept it from him. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• It might seem as if she had purposely thrown herself in his way again! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• But she purposely abstained from mentioning Mrs. Waule's more special insinuation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• But, at the same time, he let me see--purposely, as I thought--that he did not consider me as the person chiefly answerable for the loss of the jewel. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The way was purposely confused, no doubt. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• And I purposely assumed, in referring to these events, to have misunderstood much of what Mr. Blake himself had told me a few hours since. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Mr. Smallweed, purposely balking himself in an aim at the trooper's head, throws the pipe on the ground and breaks it to pieces. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He looked as if he had been purposely waiting there to see us. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• How do we know she may not have smeared my nightgown purposely with the paint? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Mr. Lydgate would say that was not worth knowing, said Mr. Ned, purposely caustic. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I have often felt that Mr. Edison got himself purposely into trouble by premature publications and otherwise, so that he would have a full incentive to get himself out of the trouble. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Its essential feature is to maintain the continuity of knowing with an activity which purposely modifies the environment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Twice did I leave them purposely together in the course of the last morning, and each time did he most unaccountably follow me out of the room. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Mr. Ablewhite, I have either expressed myself very badly, or you are purposely mistaking me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Xerxes crossed his host of five millions of men on it, and if it had not been purposely destroyed, it would probably have been there yet. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I believe there was not a soul in the place, except myself, who knew that she did it purposely to wound and gall me! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• You can look at it, said the Count, who had let it fall purposely; I have no secrets. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I might have suspected other people of purposely denying themselves to me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The Count knew Mr. Dawson would never consent to Marian's taking a journey--he purposely insulted the doctor to get him out of the house. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It is seven hundred years old, but neither history or tradition say whether it was built as it is, purposely, or whether one of its sides has settled. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• You have perhaps been misinformed, or purposely deceived, in something concerning me, which may have lowered me in your opinion. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• His absence had been extended beyond a fortnight purposely to avoid Miss Crawford. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.

Typist: Michael