Meanings of seem purposely in English

Yet the regulations seem purposely vague, allowing for considerable wiggle room and unscientific value judgements.

But I will not torment you with vain wishes, which may seem purposely to ask for your thanks.

Freeman, sir. We shook hands and his grip seemed purposely weak.

But he seems purposely to have secluded himself, and avoided any meeting with me.

Mary seemed purposely to avoid a TETE-A-TETE.

They seemed purposely left projecting, as if to furnish a handle whereby to drag out the roots beneath.

I wish to question Frank, concerning these alarms; but he seems purposely to avoid giving me an opportunity.

The blow, which seemed purposely aimed to save a mortal part, staggered me, but only for an instant.

He seemed purposely ignoring her.

Each silent worshipper seemed purposely sitting apart from the other, as if each silent grief were insular and incommunicable.

He let her take his hand, but he seemed purposely to avoid meeting the anxious gaze she fixed on him.

Our Lord, however, seems purposely to have withheld such public proof of his resurrection as would have left no room for unbelief.

Sir James's brow had a little crease in it, a little depression of the eyebrow, which he seemed purposely to exaggerate as he answered.

My right hand was cradling the back of her head, exploring a hollow which seemed purposely made to fit the ball of my thumb.

The styling just seems purposely odd, to the point of parodying the Porsche, and the interior layout also seems to have been nicked from Weissach.