🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

고의로

Pronunciation / Transliteration: go-ui-ro

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Purposefully/ˈpɜːr.pəs.fəl.i/
adverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그녀는 목적을 가지고 출구를 향해 걸어갔다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    In a way that shows determination or a clear, deliberate intention.

    "She walked purposefully across the room to speak with the director."
  2. 2

    With a specific aim, goal, or design in mind; intentionally.

    "The software was purposefully designed to be user-friendly for beginners."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from purpose (from Anglo-Norman purpose, Old French porpos, ultimately from Latin proponere, to set forth) combined with the suffix -ful and the adverbial suffix -ly. The term emerged in Middle English and has consistently denoted action performed with conscious intent or determination.

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