Purposefully
Purposefully adverb - With great effort or determination.
Usage example: strode purposefully into the boss's office, determined to ask for a raise
Seriously and purposefully are semantically related in actively topic. In some cases you can use "Seriously" instead an adverb "Purposefully".
Seriously
Seriously adverb - To a great degree.
Purposefully and seriously are semantically related in not humorously topic. Sometimes you can use "Purposefully" instead an adverb "Seriously".
Nearby Words: serious, seriousness
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- down and purposefully
- down and seriously
- firmly and purposefully
- firmly and seriously
- sincerely and purposefully
- sincerely and seriously
- thoughtfully and purposefully
- thoughtfully and seriously
- passionately and purposefully
- passionately and seriously
- intently and purposefully
- intently and seriously
- earnestly and purposefully
- earnestly and seriously
Both words in one sentence
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It was based on a horrible fanfic that its creator took completely seriously, then someone else created the parody by adding purposefully badly done animation and voice acting.
Source: Poe's Law - Works where research was so poor or ill-considered, author politics so prevalent, Butterflies so ignored, details (logistics, politics, etc.) so overlooked, often purposefully, that there's no way anyone with even a passing familiarity with the history can take it seriously.
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