purposeful

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: It's been about gaining knowledge and skills that make individual lives more purposeful and communities more cohesive.
• do: Sure we have power, but are denied the means to do anything purposeful with it.

Modifies a noun

• self-sacrifice: It is purposeful self-sacrifice, even to the point of death.
• stride: Basey fed the run of the Phillips who, with no blue shirt prepared to approach him, made purposeful strides into the box.
• sampling: Focus groups: Participants were selected by purposeful sampling to explore diversity.
• stance: True to MG's sports pedigree, the MG ZT makes a strong visual impact with a purposeful stance and style.
• atmosphere: I know that visitors often comment on the happy, purposeful atmosphere which they find in the School.
• activity: Weekly hours spent in purposeful activity was 18 hours at the Mount.

Modifying Another Word

• yet: The calm yet purposeful atmosphere at Christopher Place must indeed be conducive to the children's linguistic development. top Kind Gifts!
• very: The whole school gives an impression of being very purposeful.
• not: Well, not purposeful in sound, just structure.
• almost: That would be really interesting: the ghost in the machine would seem to be almost purposeful, piloting the system to maximum creativity.
• extremely: Just be happy with that. ' " Blakeney arrived at Combe looking extremely purposeful.

Used with adjective complement

• look: She strides through empty rooms looking purposeful, with guns in her little hands.
• become: You can become a star by becoming more purposeful.
• seem: More complicated actions, which may seem purposeful, can also occur involuntarily.