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Showing words for PURPOSIVELY using the English dictionary

11 Letter Words for Purposively

purposively

10 Letter Words for Purposively

oversupply, perviously, prepiously, previously, propulsive, viperously

9 Letter Words for Purposively

purposely, purposive

8 Letter Words for Purposively

overplus, overslip, perilous, periplus, pervious, pleurisy, pluviose, polypier, prepious, prespoil, previous, propulse, pupivore, resupply, rivulose, slipover, slippery, sloppery, sloppier, supplier, uropsile, viperous, vorspiel

7 Letter Words for Purposively

elusory, euripos, isopyre, leprosy, leprous, lippers, livyers, loppers, loppier, lousier, louvers, loviers, olivers, overlip, overply, oversup, pelorus, perlous, peropus, pileous, pileups, piously, piperly, plosive, plovers, plovery, pluries, plurisy, poisure, polypes, polypus, poulpes, pouries, propels, propyls, prosely, prosily, pulpers, pulpier, pulsive, pulvers, purpies, purples, purpose, pursily, pursive, pursley, purveys, pylorus, pyropes, pyropus, pyruvil, pyvuril, repulps, ripples, roupily, silvery, slipper, slivery, slopier, soilure, soppier, soppily, soupier, spirole, spivery, spoiler, sporule, spulyie, suppler, surveil, uppiles, uppoise, upslope, upsolve, upspire, velours, violers, voluper, voyeurs, yippers, yoppers, yuppies

6 Letter Words for Purposively

elisor, eprosy, epulis, ervils, lipper, lisper, livers, livery, livors, livres, livyer, lopers, lopper, lories, louies, louise, loupes, loures, lourie, louver, lovers, lovery, loveys, lovier, lurves, lusory, oilers, oilery, oliver, olives, oriels, osiery, osprey, overly, ovules, pelops, pelory, pelvis, peplos, peplus, perils, persio, pilers, pileup, pileus, pilose, pilous, pioury, pioyes, pipers, pipery, pipuls, pliers, plover, plyers, poilus, poiser, poleis, polers, poleys, polies, polype, polypi, polyps, polyve, popely, popery, popsie, populi, porule, poseur, posier, poules, poulpe, poulps, poupes, pourie, pouser, preops, presul, proles, propel, propyl, prouls, proves, psovie, pulers, pulier, pulper, pulser, pulver, pupelo, pupils, purely, purpie, purple, purply, purvey, purvoe, pusley, pylori, pyrope, reoils, repulp, resoil, ripely, ripple, ripply, rivels, rivose, ropily, rosily, roules, roupie, silure, silver, sipper, sipple, sirple, sirupy, slippy, slipup, sliver, sloper, sloppy, solive, solver, sopper, sorely, souper, souple, sourly, spiler, spirol, splore, sproil, spulye, superi, superl, supper, supple, supply, surely, survey, ulyies, uppers, uppile, uprise, uprive, uprose, upslip, velour, verily, violer, vipers, vipery, vireos, virole, virose, virous, visory, voiles, volery, volyer, voyeur, vulpes, yipper, yopper, yuppie

5 Letter Words for Purposively

elops, elvis, eorls, epris, epulo, eruvs, ervil, euois, euros, eusol, evils, ileus, ireos, irous, ivory, leirs, leppy, lepry, lepus, lerps, lesiy, levir, liers, lieus, lippy, lipse, liver, lives, livor, livre, loipe, loire, loirs, loper, lopes, loppy, lores, loris, loser, louey, louie, louis, loupe, loups, loure, lours, louse, lousy, lover, loves, lovey, lupis, lures, lurve, luser, lyres, oiler, olepy, olive, olpes, opelu, oriel, orles, orsel, osier, ourie, ousel, ouvre, overs, ovile, ovule, oyers, pepos, pepsi, peril, peris, perps, pervs, piers, piler, piles, pilus, pious, pioye, pioys, piper, pipes, pipey, pipul, pirls, pirol, pleis, plier, plies, plops, ploys, plyer, poesy, poils, poilu, poire, poise, poler, poles, poley, polis, polyp, polys, popes, popie, popsy, pores, porus, poser, posey, poule, poulp, poupe, pours, pousy, poyse, preop, preps, preys, pries, prius, privy, prole, props, prose, prosy, proul, prove, pryse, psyop, puers, puler, pules, pulis, pulps, pulpy, pulse, pupil, purey, puris, purls, purpy, purse, pursy, pusle, pusly, pyres, pyros, pyrus, reoil, reply, repos, repps, resup, riels, riles, riley, ripes, ripps, ripup, rivel, rives, rivos, roils, roily, roles, ropes, rosel, roues, roule, rouls, roups, roupy, rouse, roves, ruely, rules, rupie, seoul, sepoy, serio, servo, sieur, sievy, siler, siper, sippy, sirop, siver, slier, slipe, slive, slope, slopy, slorp, slour, slove, sluer, slurp, slype, soily, solei, soler, solve, soppy, sorel, souly, soupy, soyle, speil, speir, spiel, spier, spile, spire, spiro, spiry, spoil, spole, spore, sprue, spule, spurl, spyer, super, suppl, supvr, surly, syrup, syver, ulyie, upper, uprip, upsey, uriel, uviol, uvres, veils, veily, verso, verus, viers, viler, viols, viper, vireo, virls, virus, visor, vleis, vlies, voile, voles, vrils, yelps, yipes, yores, youre, yours, youse, youve, ypres, yules

4 Letter Words for Purposively

eiry, eorl, epil, epop, epos, eris, eros, eruv, esop, espy, euoi, euro, evil, ipse, ipso, ires, irpe, isle, iure, ivry, leir, leis, leos, leps, lerp, levi, levo, levy, leys, lier, lies, lieu, lipe, lips, lire, lisp, lisu, live, loir, lope, lops, lore, lori, lors, lory, lose, loup, lour, love, loys, lues, lupe, lure, lurs, lyes, lyre, lyse, oils, oily, oles, olpe, opes, opsy, opus, ores, orle, orly, oups, ours, over, ovey, ovis, oyer, oyes, pelu, pepo, peps, peri, perp, pers, peru, perv, peso, pier, pies, pile, pily, pioy, pipe, pips, pipy, pirl, pirs, pise, piso, pius, plie, plop, ploy, plup, plur, plus, poil, pois, pole, pols, poly, pope, pops, pore, pory, pose, posy, pour, prep, pres, prey, prie, prio, priv, prop, pros, prov, prys, puer, puir, pule, puli, pulp, puls, pulv, puly, pups, pure, puri, purl, purs, puys, pyes, pyre, pyro, rely, repl, repo, repp, reps, resp, revs, riel, ries, rile, ripe, ripp, rips, rise, risp, rive, rivo, roes, roey, roil, role, rope, ropp, ropy, rose, rosy, roue, roul, roup, rous, rove, rsvp, rues, rule, ruly, ruse, ryes, rype, seil, seir, seor, sero, serv, sier, sile, silo, siol, sipe, sire, sley, slip, sloe, slop, slue, slup, slur, soil, soir, sole, solv, sope, sore, sori, sory, soul, soup, sour, spie, spiv, spor, spry, spue, spur, suer, suey, supe, supp, supr, sure, surv, syli, sype, syre, ueys, uily, ules, upsy, ures, urol, urps, user, uvre, veil, velo, veps, veri, vers, very, vesp, vier, vies, vile, viol, vips, virl, vise, vlei, vlsi, voes, vole, vols, vors, vril, yelp, yeps, yeso, yipe, yips, yore, youp, your, yous, yule, yups

3 Letter Words for Purposively

eir, eli, els, eos, epi, ers, esp, esr, esu, eyl, eyr, ile, ilo, ios, iou, ipl, ipo, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, isl, iso, ive, ivy, iyo, lei, leo, lep, ler, les, leu, lev, ley, lie, lip, lir, lis, loe, lop, lor, los, loy, lue, luo, lur, lye, lys, oer, oes, oie, oil, ois, ole, olp, ope, opp, ops, opv, ore, orl, ors, ory, ose, osi, oui, oup, our, ous, oye, oys, pel, pep, per, pes, pie, pil, pip, pir, pis, piu, pli, plu, ply, poi, pol, pop, por, pos, poy, ppi, ppl, ppr, pps, pre, pro, prp, prs, pry, psi, pul, pup, pur, pus, puy, pye, pyr, rei, rel, rep, res, rev, rie, rio, rip, riv, rle, rly, roe, roi, ros, rps, rue, rye, sei, sel, sep, ser, sey, sie, sil, sip, sir, sle, sly, sol, sop, sou, sov, soy, spl, spp, spy, sri, sue, sui, sup, sur, sye, syl, syr, uey, ule, upo, ups, ure, urp, urs, use, vei, vel, ver, vie, vil, vip, vis, vly, voe, vol, vor, yeo, yep, yer, yes, yip, yis, yoe, yoi, yor, yos, you, yrs, yue, yup, yus

Definitions for Purposively

[1] having, showing, or acting with a purpose, intention, or design.
[2] adapted to a purpose or end.
[3] serving some purpose.
[4] determined; resolute.
[5] of or characteristic of purpose.
[6] relating to, having, or indicating conscious intention
[7] serving a purpose; useful

Words related to Purposively

purposivedeliberate, resolute, calculated, persistent, strong-willed, determined, intense, profitable, good, helpful, effective, convenient, fruitful, practical, appropriate, favorable, proper, pragmatic, suitable, handy

Words nearby Purposively

purposivepurpose, purpose-built, purposeful, purposeless, purposely, purposive, purpresture, purpura, purpura annularis telangiectodes, purpura fulminans, purpura hemorrhagica

Origin of Purposively

First recorded in 1850–55; purpose + -ive

Other words from Purposively

pur·pos·ive·ly , adverb
pur·pos·ive·ness , noun
non·pur·pos·ive , adjective
non·pur·pos·ive·ly , adverb
non·pur·pos·ive·ness , noun
pre·pur·pos·ive , adjective
sem·i·pur·pos·ive , adjective
sem·i·pur·pos·ive·ly , adverb
sem·i·pur·pos·ive·ness , noun
un·pur·pos·ive , adjective

Synonyms for Purposively

after consideration, by design, calculatingly, consciously, deliberately, designed, freely, in cold blood, intentionally, knowingly, of one's own free will, premeditatedly, premeditatively, purposefully, purposely, voluntarily, willfully, with eyes wide open, with full intent, wittingly