Read full poem →This Æglogue is purposely intended to the honour and praise of our most
gracious sovereign, Queen Elizabeth. The speakers hereof be Hobbinol and
Dictionary Entry
On purpose; intentionally
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left purposelymade purposelyavoided purposelyomitted purposelykept purposely. purposely
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Poetry examples for “purposely”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →etc., vol. ii. p. 25) a conversation with Wordsworth, in which he said
of this poem, that "he purposely made the narrative as prosaic as
possible, in order that no discredit might be thrown on the truth of the