" purposefully "

1: with full awareness of what one is doing;

  * e.g., " ... he purposefully chose the more difficult route to the mountain summit "

•  Synonyms : 

•  advisedly,

•  consciously,

•  deliberately,

•  designedly,

•  intentionally,

•  knowingly,

•  purposely,

•  purposively,

•  willfully,

•  wittingly

•  Antonyms : 

•  inadvertently,

•  unconsciously,

•  unintentionally,

•  unknowingly,

•  unwittingly

2: with great effort or determination;

  * e.g., " ... strode purposefully into the boss's office, determined to ask for a raise "

•  Synonyms : 

•  amain,

•  arduously,

•  assiduously,

•  determinedly,

•  diligently,

•  doggedly,

•  hard,

•  hardly,

•  industriously,

•  intensely,

•  intensively,

•  intently,

•  laboriously,

•  mightily,

•  resolutely,

•  sedulously,

•  slavishly,

•  strenuously

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: fully committed to achieving a goal;

  * e.g., " ... a soft-spoken but purposeful criminal investigator "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bent (on or upon),

•  bound,

•  decisive,

•  determined,

•  do-or-die,

•  firm,

•  hell-bent (on or upon),

•  intent,

•  out,

•  resolute,

•  resolved,

•  set,

•  single-minded

•  Antonyms : 

•  faltering,

•  hesitant,

•  indecisive,

•  irresolute,

•  undetermined,

•  unresolved,

•  vacillating,

•  wavering,

•  weak-kneed

2: made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing;

  * e.g., " ... there's a difference between a purposeful lie and an accidental untruth "

•  Synonyms : 

•  conscious,

•  deliberate,

•  intended,

•  intentional,

•  knowing,

•  purposive,

•  set,

•  voluntary,

•  willed,

•  willful,

•  witting

•  Antonyms : 

•  nondeliberate,

•  nonpurposive,

•  unintentional