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purposeful, a.|ˈpɜːpəsfʊl|
[f. purpose n. + -ful.]
Having a purpose or meaning; indicating purpose or plan; designed, intentional.
1853Ruskin Stones Ven. II. iii. §24. 43 The purposeful variation of width in the border..admits of no dispute. 1871Tylor Prim. Cult. I. 290 A singularly perfect and purposeful cosmic myth. 1884J. Tait Mind in Matter 207 The framework of the earth by its purposeful conformation evinces control in its establishment.
b. Having a definite purpose in view.
1865Spectator 19 Aug. 930 A collection of anecdotes..unworthy of the purposeful nation [the Scotch]. 1880Cornhill Mag. XLII. 649 He had been happy, and purposefull, and hard-working. 1905J. B. Firth Highways Derbysh. xxx. 446 The smile..upon her shrewd, purposeful face.
Hence ˈpurposefully adv.; ˈpurposefulness.
1859Ruskin Two Paths v. 240 It is much more pardonable to slay heedlessly than purposefully. 1899Crockett Black Douglas xviii, Her feet pattering most purposefully along the flagged passages. 1873Helps Anim. & Mast. vi. (1879) 148 He must not fix his vanity upon the thing attempted, only his intention and his purposefulness. 1890G. A. Smith Isaiah II. 226 This intellectual sense of righteousness, as reasonableness or purposefulness. |