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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pur-puh s-fuh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr pəs fəl |
Definition of purposefulness
Origin :- 1835, from purpose (n.) + -ful. Related: Purposefully.
- noun decision
- He was looking for others who shared not only his viewpoint but his purposefulness.
- Extract from : « This Crowded Earth » by Robert Bloch
- She saw his tenderness, his purposefulness, the bigness of his mind and spirit.
- Extract from : « The Heart of the Desert » by Honor Willsie Morrow
- They had retrieved their own weapons, and they advanced upon Roddy with a purposefulness that seemed horrible to him.
- Extract from : « Penrod and Sam » by Booth Tarkington
- She knew that if she relaxed her purposefulness for an instant the love for him would rush over her, weaken her.
- Extract from : « The Seventh Man » by Max Brand
- There was a sort of contagion of purposefulness in this eccentric small group on the Esperance.
- Extract from : « Creatures of the Abyss » by Murray Leinster
- And it has been used in the war with a purposefulness of aim and a versatility of method that betoken long and systematic study.
- Extract from : « Raemaekers' Cartoons » by Louis Raemaekers
- Men of ferocious concentration and women detestable in their purposefulness were to be seen through the passing windows.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Feb. 26, 1919 » by Various
- The marvel she inspired in him deepened daily, so wonderful seemed her purposefulness, her energy, her faith in herself.
- Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
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