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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So the researchers are planning trials where one person is vaccinated and then deliberately infected to see how their body copes.
From BBC
Like Sun Ra’s music, the motion picture is deliberately fractured, the virtues to be found in the departures from the expected, the familiar, the comfortable.
The kind that document the midday meals of artists and designers who stop work, deliberately, to eat something composed and beautiful.
From Salon
The challenge is to position oneself deliberately between these extremes.
From Barron's
“Many people pride themselves on being ‘long-term investors,’ but acting deliberately when prices are bouncing around is not so easy,” he wrote.
From MarketWatch
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