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Deliberately vs Purposefully - What's the difference?

deliberately | purposefully |

As adverbs the difference between deliberately and purposefully

is that deliberately is intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally while purposefully is in a purposeful manner.

deliberately

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.
    • He deliberately broke that, didn't he?
  • Taking one's time, slowly and carefully.
    • After being called upon, he strode deliberately up to the blackboard.

    Related terms

    * on purpose

    purposefully

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a purposeful manner.
  • (proscribed) On purpose, purposely, deliberately.
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    • , year=2012 , date=May 24 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3 , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=Jones’ sad eyes betray a pervasive pain his purposefully spare dialogue only hints at, while the perfectly cast Brolin conveys hints of playfulness and warmth while staying true to the craggy stoicism at the character’s core. }}