Modifies a noun

• sampling: Study sites were selected by a process of purposive sampling.

• interpretation: Purposive interpretation of a contract is a useful tool where the purpose can be identified with reasonable certainty.

• sample: A purposive sample of 20 older adults discharged from hospital.

• construction: The Court of Appeal, on the basis of a purposive construction, held that it did.

• approach: The legal system now more commonly uses a ' purposive approach ' , meaning the intended purpose of the law is taken into account.

• action: Their attempts at purposive action are instead embedded in concrete, on-going systems of social relations.

Modifying Another Word

• rationally: He then asks what is required to be a rationally purposive agent in the first place?

• generally: A computing device may be either generally purposive, universal, or specialized.