deliberately

American  

[dih-lib-er-it-lee] / dɪˈlɪb ər ɪt li /

adverb

1. on purpose; with clear intent.

   Is this just bad journalism, or an attempt to deliberately mislead the public?

2. with careful thought or consideration.

   The board is committed to moving deliberately on this important initiative.

3. in a calm and unhurried way.

   He was careful to move slowly and deliberately so as not to scare them off.

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Other Word Forms

• nondeliberately adverb
• overdeliberately adverb
• predeliberately adverb
• quasi-deliberately adverb
• undeliberately adverb

Etymology

Origin of deliberately

deliberate ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Builders of AI tools lean in to this deliberately.

From The Wall Street Journal

Still, the votes of the RBA board members are deliberately kept anonymous, in line with a recommendation of that review.

From The Wall Street Journal

In other words, teens who were deliberately off social media “appear to be missing out on some positive effects,” De Neve said.

From MarketWatch

Advanced Navigation builds artificial intelligence-assisted hardware that provides accurate location data including in areas where GPS is deliberately jammed, unreliable, or otherwise unavailable.

From The Wall Street Journal

‘You’d nearly reached the surface,’ said Renn, pressing what felt like cobwebs to his forehead, ‘then you turned round and swam, deliberately swam, back down again!’

From Literature

Related Words

• consciously
• knowingly
• pointedly
• purposely
• studiously
• voluntarily
• willfully