purposefully-retrieved
|pur-pose-ful-ly-re-trieved|
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/ˈpɜːrpəsfəli rɪˈtriːvd/
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/ˈpɜːpəsfəli rɪˈtriːvd/
intentional recovery
Etymology
'purposefully-retrieved' originates from the combination of 'purposefully' and 'retrieve', where 'purposefully' means 'with intention' and 'retrieve' means 'to get back'.
'purposefully' and 'retrieve' were combined in modern English to form the adjective 'purposefully-retrieved'.
Initially, 'retrieve' meant 'to get back', and 'purposefully' meant 'with intention'. Combined, they describe an action done with intention to recover something.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
intentionally or deliberately obtained or recovered.
The data was purposefully-retrieved from the archives for the research.
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Last updated: 2025/04/09 16:55