Associations to the word «Purposeful»

Wiktionary

PURPOSEFUL, adjective. Having purpose; intentional.
PURPOSEFUL, adjective. Having a purpose in mind; resolute; determined.
PURPOSEFUL AVAILMENT, noun. (US) (legal) In the law of civil procedure, an intentional act by one party directed into a particular state, thereby permitting that state to constitutionally assert personal jurisdiction over that party.

Dictionary definition

PURPOSEFUL, adjective. Serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal.
PURPOSEFUL, adjective. Having meaning through having an aim; "led a happy purposeful life".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats