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Definition of On purpose
1. Adverb. With intention; in an intentional manner. "I did this by choice"
Antonyms: Accidentally, Accidentally, Unintentionally
Partainyms: Deliberate, Intentional
Definition of On purpose
1. Prepositional phrase. (idiomatic) Purposefully; with intention; deliberately. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of On Purpose
Literary usage of On purpose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1870)
"... COME PROM TOWN on purpose TO SHOW HIMSELF AT A SWELL MEET.) Voice in the Fog.
" FOR-KAD ON, SIB ! ..."
2. Publications by Niagara Historical Society (1899)
"Harriott, wife of James Warwick, Esq'., of Underhill-hall, aged 43 years, in a
Vault made in the Chancel on purpose bur. [The following is -written at the ..."
3. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne (1887)
"vII. would go a pilgrimage (though I had no other business at Lyons) on purpose
to pay it a visit. In my list, therefore, ..."
4. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"On the following day Bologna came to Paris on purpose, and sent for me through
Mattio del ... on purpose ..."
5. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1907)
"... on purpose that he might have S*. Aldate's, weh should otherwise have been
the Master's, whereupon (for his Inconsistency) he became despised, ..."
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