deliberately
Americanadverb
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on purpose; with clear intent.
Is this just bad journalism, or an attempt to deliberately mislead the public?
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with careful thought or consideration.
The board is committed to moving deliberately on this important initiative.
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in a calm and unhurried way.
He was careful to move slowly and deliberately so as not to scare them off.
Other Word Forms
- nondeliberately adverb
- overdeliberately adverb
- predeliberately adverb
- quasi-deliberately adverb
- undeliberately adverb
Etymology
Origin of deliberately
Example Sentences
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Critics deny they are deliberately stalling the bill.
From BBC
Sometimes, her lyrics seem like a collage of overheard phrases rather than a deliberately constructed narrative.
This means viral components are not just released randomly but are deliberately loaded into structures tied to cell migration.
From Science Daily
He recommends self-nudging, deliberately tuning our media inputs and scrolling practices to reduce time spent mentally fending off the internet’s flotsam and jetsam.
Although previous series have seen couples or family members deliberately cast together, Cotton said in this case it "was not intentional at all, we cast them as individuals".
From BBC
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