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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal [ant: purposeless]
2: having meaning through having an aim; "led a happy purposeful life"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1853 1. having a purpose: as a. meaningful <purposeful activities> b. intentional <purposeful ambiguity> 2. full of determination <was soft-spoken but purposeful> • purposefully adverb • purposefulness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 having or indicating purpose. 2 intentional. 3 resolute. Derivatives: purposefully adv. purposefulness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Purposeful Pur"pose*ful, a. Important; material. ``Purposeful accounts.'' --Tylor. -- Pur"pose*ful*ly, adv.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If someone is purposeful, they show that they have a definite aim and a strong desire to achieve it. She had a purposeful air, and it became evident that this was not a casual visit. ? casual ADJ • purposefully He strode purposefully towards the barn. ? casually ADV: usu ADV with v

Moby Thesaurus

advised, affirmed, aimed, aimed at, bound, bound and determined, calculated, certain, committed, confirmed, conscious, considered, contemplated, decided, decisive, dedicated, definite, deliberate, deliberated, designed, determined, devoted, dogged, earnest, envisaged, envisioned, firm, fixed, intended, intentional, knowing, meant, meditated, obstinate, of design, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, planned, positive, projected, proposed, purposed, purposive, relentless, resolute, resolved, serious, settled, sincere, single-minded, staunch, steadfast, strong-willed, studied, sure, teleological, tenacious, unfailing, unfaltering, voluntary, wholehearted, willful, witting