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• n  the quality of having a definite purpose

• Yet he warns that since the machine expresses purposefulness, and art purposelessness, combining the two to make an art of motion is dangerous.
• But he combines enough purposefulness with enough power to make him the most interesting of Broadway's new serious playwrightsfew of whom, unfortunately, are interesting at all.
• In person, the author possesses a remarkable stony expression that clashes with his movie-idol good looks; he projects a physical sense of the intense focus and purposefulness that .

• sense of purpose

• purposelessness

News & Articles

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• Heading into football opener, UB feeling calm before Ohio State storm
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — There was a different feeling around UB training camp this month, a calm, a purposefulness, a confidence born of a genuine belief that this season could result in something special.
  Aug. 31, 2013 - The Buffalo News

Quotes

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• Mayor Gavin Newsom in New York Times
  It's purposefulness that could otherwise be construed as ego,Mr. Newsom said. "You want to be the greatest city. You want to be the leading city. You want to be on the cutting edge. I'm very intense about it."
• John McCain in Media General Washington Bureau
  In prison, I fell in love with my country,McCain wrote in his book, "Faith of My Fathers." "I loved what I missed most from my life at home: my family and friends; the sights and sounds of my country, the hustle and purposefulness of...
• Dmitry Medvedev in Xinhua
  In a letter to Yelena Isinbayeva, champion in women's pole vault, Medvedev said the victory marked by a new record "is a bright confirmation of your unequalled mastery, perseverance and enormous purposefulness."