"on purpose" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

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  1. (idiomatic) By design, as opposed to by accident; intentionally; deliberately. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: deliberately, intentionally, purposefully, willfully Derived forms: accidentally on purpose Related terms: malice aforethought, purposefully Translations (purposely, with intention): عَمْدًا (ʕamdan) (Arabic), بِالعَمد (bi-l-ʕamd) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), بِالقَصد (bi-l-gaṣd) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), դիտմամբ (ditmamb) (Armenian), nahita (Basque), наўмы́сна (naŭmýsna) (Belarusian), знаро́к (znarók) (Belarusian), наўмы́сля (naŭmýslja) (Belarusian), наро́чно (naróčno) (Bulgarian), a propòsit (Catalan), expressament (Catalan), a posta (Catalan), 故意的 (gùyì-de) (Chinese Mandarin), schválně (Czech), med vilje (Danish), med fuldt overlæg (Danish), expres (Dutch), opzettelijk (Dutch), met voorbedachten rade [formal] (Dutch), met opzet (Dutch), tarkoituksella (Finnish), tahallisesti (Finnish), tahallaan (Finnish), tarkoituksellisesti (Finnish), exprès (French), à dessein (French), განზრახ (ganzrax) (Georgian), განგებ (gangeb) (Georgian), სპეციალურად (sṗecialurad) [colloquial] (Georgian), mit Absicht (German), absichtlich (German), vorsätzlich (German), extra (German), bewusst (German), mit Vorbedacht (German), επίτηδες (epítides) (Greek), דַּוְקָא (dávka) (Hebrew), szándékosan (Hungarian), direkt (Hungarian), szántszándékkal (Hungarian), készakarva (Hungarian), viljandi (Icelandic), af ásettu ráði (Icelandic), að yfirlögðu ráði (Icelandic), vísvitandi (Icelandic), di proposito (Italian), apposta (Italian), intenzionalmente (Italian), 故意に (koi ni) (alt: こいに) (Japanese), わざと (wazato) (Japanese), 일부러 (ilbureo) (Korean), consultō (Latin), med vilje (Norwegian), med overlegg (Norwegian), عمدا ('amdan) (Persian), از قصد (az qasd) (Persian), دانسته (dâneste) (Persian), specjalnie (Polish), celowo (Polish), umyślnie (Polish), naumyślnie (Polish), z rozmysłem (Polish), de propósito (Portuguese), propositadamente (Portuguese), propositalmente (Portuguese), intencionalmente (Portuguese), cu intenție (Romanian), intențional (Romanian), наме́ренно (namérenno) (Russian), наро́чно (naróčno) (Russian), созна́тельно (soznátelʹno) (Russian), специа́льно (speciálʹno) (Russian), a dh'aon ghnothach (Scottish Gaelic), на́мјерно [Cyrillic, Ijekavian] (Serbo-Croatian), на́мерно [Cyrillic, Ekavian] (Serbo-Croatian), námjerno [Ijekavian, Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), námerno [Ekavian, Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), nalašč (Slovene), namerno (Slovene), namenoma (Slovene), zanalašč (Slovene), adrede (Spanish), a propósito (Spanish), a conciencia (Spanish), intencionalmente (Spanish), intencionadamente (Spanish), queriendo (Spanish), espresi (Sranan Tongo), kwa kusudi (Swahili), med flit (Swedish), med vilje (Swedish), med mening [neuter] (Swedish), avsiktlig (Swedish), కావాలని (kāvālani) (Telugu), bilerek (Turkish), навми́сне (navmýsne) (Ukrainian), наро́ком (narókom) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-on_purpose-en-prep_phrase-gO8g3F-8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'purposely, with intention': 79 21
  2. (now rare) In order to (do something); with the objective that. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-on_purpose-en-prep_phrase-v0L0Ttrd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53

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          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "word": "דַּוְקָא"
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          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "viljandi"
        },
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          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "af ásettu ráði"
        },
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          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "að yfirlögðu ráði"
        },
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          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "vísvitandi"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "di proposito"
        },
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          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "apposta"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "intenzionalmente"
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          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "alt": "こいに",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "koi ni",
          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "故意に"
        },
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          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "wazato",
          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "わざと"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ilbureo",
          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "일부러"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "consultō"
        },
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "med vilje"
        },
        {
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "med overlegg"
        },
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "'amdan",
          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "عمدا"
        },
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "az qasd",
          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "از قصد"
        },
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          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "dâneste",
          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "دانسته"
        },
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "specjalnie"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "celowo"
        },
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          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "umyślnie"
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          "word": "наме́ренно"
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          "word": "созна́тельно"
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          "word": "специа́льно"
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            "Ekavian"
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        },
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          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "tags": [
            "Ijekavian",
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "námjerno"
        },
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          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
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        },
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          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "nalašč"
        },
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          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "namerno"
        },
        {
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "namenoma"
        },
        {
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "zanalašč"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "adrede"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "a propósito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
          "word": "a conciencia"
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          "sense": "purposely, with intention",
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          "word": "కావాలని"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕamdan",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "عَمْدًا"
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      "code": "acw",
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      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
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      "word": "بِالقَصد"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ditmamb",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "դիտմամբ"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "nahita"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "naŭmýsna",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "наўмы́сна"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "znarók",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "знаро́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "naŭmýslja",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "наўмы́сля"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "naróčno",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "наро́чно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "a propòsit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "expressament"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "a posta"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gùyì-de",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "故意的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "schválně"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "med vilje"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "med fuldt overlæg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "expres"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "opzettelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "met voorbedachten rade"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "met opzet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "tarkoituksella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "tahallisesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "tahallaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "tarkoituksellisesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "exprès"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "à dessein"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ganzrax",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "განზრახ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gangeb",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "განგებ"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sṗecialurad",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
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      "word": "სპეციალურად"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "mit Absicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "absichtlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "vorsätzlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "extra"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "bewusst"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "mit Vorbedacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epítides",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "επίτηδες"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "dávka",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "דַּוְקָא"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "szándékosan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "direkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "szántszándékkal"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "készakarva"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "viljandi"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "af ásettu ráði"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "að yfirlögðu ráði"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "vísvitandi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "di proposito"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "apposta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "intenzionalmente"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こいに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "koi ni",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "故意に"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "wazato",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "わざと"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ilbureo",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "일부러"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "consultō"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "med vilje"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "med overlegg"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "'amdan",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "عمدا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "az qasd",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "از قصد"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dâneste",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "دانسته"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "specjalnie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "celowo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "umyślnie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "naumyślnie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "z rozmysłem"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "de propósito"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "propositadamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "propositalmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "intencionalmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "cu intenție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "intențional"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "namérenno",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "наме́ренно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naróčno",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "наро́чно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soznátelʹno",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "созна́тельно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "speciálʹno",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "специа́льно"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "a dh'aon ghnothach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Ijekavian"
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      "word": "на́мјерно"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Ekavian"
      ],
      "word": "на́мерно"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "tags": [
        "Ijekavian",
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "námjerno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "tags": [
        "Ekavian",
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "námerno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "nalašč"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "namerno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "namenoma"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "zanalašč"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "adrede"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "a propósito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "a conciencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "intencionalmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "intencionadamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "queriendo"
    },
    {
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "espresi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "kwa kusudi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "med flit"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "med vilje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "med mening"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "avsiktlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kāvālani",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "కావాలని"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "bilerek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "navmýsne",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "навми́сне"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "narókom",
      "sense": "purposely, with intention",
      "word": "наро́ком"
    }
  ],
  "word": "on purpose"
}

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