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Deliberately   /dɪlˈɪbərətli/  /dɪlˈɪbrətli/   Listen
Deliberately

adverb
1.
With intention; in an intentional manner.  Synonyms: advisedly, by choice, by design, designedly, intentionally, on purpose, purposely.  "I did this by choice"
2.
In a deliberate unhurried manner.  Synonym: measuredly.






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"Deliberately" Quotes from Famous Books



... was becoming so unbearable that she could scarcely restrain a growing desire to scream, when Numa deliberately turned back to the business of feeding; but his back-layed ears attested a sinister regard for the actions of the girl ...
— Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... his Breviary he expresses his intention of praying, of saying his Hours; that it is not necessary that such intention be actual or reflexive, it is sufficient if it be virtual, and that such an intention does exist every time one opens the Breviary to say his Hours. The saying slowly and deliberately the prayer "Aperi Domine" is a great aid to the scrupulous in forming a right intention and in dispelling ...
— The Divine Office • Rev. E. J. Quigley

... just at that point; he hit the iron a crack that knocked it as flat as a pancake, and then threw down the hammer and deliberately gazed in ...
— The Lighthouse • Robert Ballantyne

... major. "That was the neatest thing I ever saw, the way he got into that saddle and deliberately put that pony ...
— Ted Strong in Montana - With Lariat and Spur • Edward C. Taylor

... heart leaped in panic, until he realized that 17 had deliberately cut the power. Druce's harsh voice rasped in ...
— The Velvet Glove • Harry Harrison


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