Anyway
Anyway adverb - Without definite aim, direction, rule, or method.
Usage example: do it anyway you feel like
Purposefully is an antonym for anyway.
Nearby Word: anyways
Purposefully
Purposefully adverb - With full awareness of what one is doing.
Anyway is an antonym for purposefully.
Both words in one sentence
- Parodied in the Discworld novels, where Ankh-Morpork's civic anthem "We Can Rule You Wholesale" was written with this in mind: the second verse purposefully consists mostly of incomprehensible mumbling on the grounds that no one will remember it anyway.
Source: Second Verse Curse
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