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purpose:purposely::wonder:wonderly
The suffixes -ful and -ly are productive which means that like adding -ing to a newly coined verb, one can add them to a base and expect to be understood. The plural form -en (oxen, children, brethren) is no longer productive, and one cannot go about speaking of websiten, cellphonen, or iPoden unless one wants to make a joke having something to do with Nazis in the mode of Monty Python.
As for this supposed word purposely, it would mean "like purpose" or "in a purpose manner," neither of which makes sense. Purposefully means "in a manner full of purpose." I think my meaning was clear. I choose my words most carely.
Respectly,
Ted Keer
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