They acted purposefully, but they weren't very good at it.

Over the years, Margulis and Lovelock have denied the claim that the earth acts purposefully; they now say that the earth's living organisms maintain relatively constant surface conditions.

These allow the agent to act purposefully in its world.

"Let's say we didn't act purposefully," Cardinal Egan said.

They could find no comforting explanation for the purposefully acting tires.

This tenet proposes that young speakers may seek to amplify the distinctiveness of their own social group by purposefully acting in ways that differ from their stereotype of old speakers.

But the authorities charged Ms. Grubman with acting purposefully, and the voice from Car 313 punctuated their point.

Instead, he scored highly in ability to think rationally and act purposefully.

For I am wholly convinced that only if we act jointly and purposefully can we achieve tangible progress for our citizens.