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Meanings of purposeful in English

Spanish
decidido

Serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal.

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        Usage of purposeful in English
        1
        A multivariable risk factor model for conversion was generated using purposeful selection.
        Pubmed
        2
        The purposeful cruelty of the man was inherent; it was entirely untheatrical.
        The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu
        3
        Business is about purposeful performance, regardless of whether there's pleasure or not.
        Ebony
        4
        Looks pretty bad to me, in terms of purposeful discrimination, he added.
        Reuters
        5
        Yet how could the Aberrants be so organised, so numerous, so purposeful?
        The skein of lament
        6
        The brief note she dashed off in a strong, purposeful hand, read:
        Jane Allen, Right Guard
        7
        It was filling up with purposeful, husky young men in suit coats.
        Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad
        8
        But I've always planned to be purposeful with my daughter's international travel.
        Ebony
        9
        The segregation was purposeful, the legacy of decades of discriminatory housing policies.
        The Guardian
        10
        Ned Trent locked his lips in a purposeful straight line of silence.
        The Call of the North
        11
        There's really nothing about the EARL shoe that isn't sort of purposeful.
        Wired
        12
        But now we do, our investigation can proceed along more purposeful lines.
        The Neutronium Alchemist
        13
        She cultivated this animosity in a purposeful way, treating us with aggression.
        The Guardian
        14
        With a proportionally short wheelbase and wide track, the stance is purposeful.
        The South African
        15
        It makes me feel powerful and purposeful, in control and in charge.
        News.com.au
        16
        There was an answering yell, followed by a lot of purposeful activity.
        Dead as a doornail
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        Translations for purposeful
        Spanish
        decidido
        Purposeful through the time
        Purposeful across language varieties
        Ireland
        Common
        United States of America
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Common