deliberately
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3.7
- adverb
- /dɪˈlɪbərətli/
:
deliberadamente
- You know, in Ukraine, millions of people were deliberately starved to death.
- deliberately choose
- deliberately omit
- deliberately set
Those decisions should be made deliberately, carefully, slowly.
- Those decisions should be made deliberately, carefully, slowly.
- So he says to lie deliberately, Hacon choosing to lie.
- And that is how do we consciously and deliberately change our mindsets?
- But I I got told they deliberately kept him alive to punish him.
- A meditative practice can actually teach us to deliberately move along this continuum.
- I wanted to call this like deliberately obtuse?
- But it is not because I'm being deliberately humble.
- I mean, I, I went to the woods to live deliberately.
- So we need to be be doing that more deliberately.
- So I can deliberately isolate myself and feel great about that.
- OK, so she plagiarized, she stole things deliberately.
- But he will often deliberately leave a gap in his explanation of things.
- They're not doing anything consciously or deliberately.
- They always kind of speak kind of slowly and softly and deliberately like this.
- Now it's very important to note that people don't always do this deliberately.
Examples
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But he will often deliberately leave a gap in his explanation of things.
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And it was deliberately designed that way.
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What if you could deliberately gain more control?
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Were we brought here deliberately and if so why?
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That you deliberately put an entire network on the spot?
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Those decisions should be made deliberately, carefully, slowly.
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And so we deliberately choose to not report all possible type errors.
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Throughout the observations, the children deliberately employed strategies to bring them into contact with their peers.
Academic text (1990) -
As they ate, Nash seemed to be deliberately trying to keep her mind off Erin's death.
Fiction book (1991) -
He deliberately studied late into the night to prepare for the exam.
Synonyms
254
1.6
By choice, not by accident
155
3.1
In a way that someone does something on purpose, not by accident
89
3.7
On purpose while fully aware of what you are doing
76
3.9
In a way that shows you know and do it on purpose
72
3.5
To do something on purpose
43
3.7
In a careful way that shows you pay attention before deciding
37
3.1
Someone does this because they decide to, not because they must
31
3.9
To act in a determined way to reach a clear goal
26
4.0
On purpose as part of a plan
21
5.5
In a way that shows something clearly on purpose
6
5.0
To do something carefully and with full attention while learning
4
7.5
In a way that shows you know what you are doing
3
7.4
In a careful way after thinking about what might happen
2
3.9
Carefully and with full attention to what you do
1
6.8
In a planned, careful way to get a particular result
1
8.1
In a planned way before doing something
1
7.7
On purpose to say or do something
1
7.3
In a way that shows a person wants to say something without words
Carefully and on purpose
In a careful, slow way without hurry
In a way done on purpose
Antonyms
How Intentional
Surface Forms
Morphology
deliberately = deliberate (transparent) = deliberate + ly
Standard adverbial formation from the adjective 'deliberate' using '-ly', yielding 'in an intentional manner'.
Etymology
The word deliberately comes from the Latin root libra, which means 'scales' and is the same root in the star sign Libra. So, to act deliberately is to 'weigh' your choices carefully and do something on purpose.