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Definitions for deliberately
de·lib·er·ate·ly
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word deliberately.
Princeton's WordNet
intentionally, deliberately, designedly, on purpose, purposely, advisedly, by choice, by designadverb
with intention; in an intentional manner
"he used that word intentionally"; "I did this by choice"
measuredly, deliberatelyadverb
in a deliberate unhurried manner
"she was working deliberately"
Wiktionary
deliberatelyadverb
Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.
He deliberately broke that, didn't he?
deliberatelyadverb
Taking one's time, slowly and carefully.
After being called upon, he strode deliberately up to the blackboard.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Deliberatelyadverb
Circumspectly; advisedly; warily.
Etymology: from deliberate.
He judges to a hair of little indecencies; knows better than any man what is not to be written; and never hazards himself so far as to fall; but plods on deliberately, and, as a grave man ought, is sure to put his staff before him. Dryden.
Webster Dictionary
Deliberatelyadverb
with careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; warily; not hastily or rashly; slowly; as, a purpose deliberately formed
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'deliberately' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3505
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'deliberately' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4185
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'deliberately' in Adverbs Frequency: #254
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of deliberately in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of deliberately in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of deliberately in a Sentence
Freedom of speech doesn't mean to constitute insulting, abusing, and harming deliberately in a distinctive and discriminative feature and context; whereas, supporting such notions and attempts is a universal crime.
Playing Maura Pfefferman on ‘Transparent’ has been one of the greatest privileges and creative experiences of my life, what has become clear over the past weeks, however, is that this is no longer the job I signed up for four years ago. I’ve already made clear my deep regret if any action of mine was ever misinterpreted by anyone as being aggressive, but the idea that I would deliberately harass anyone is simply and utterly untrue.
Manuel Valls is being deliberately vague when he talks about a fairer distribution of foreigners washing up on Europe's shores - which is tantamount to an increase in the migratory burden already weighing on France.
We are looking deliberately at breadth, because there may be surprises; the natural environment is all about dependencies and things that can affect other things, the Internet of Sheep is about capturing sheep movements which could tell us a lot.
Mr. Assange has been deliberately exposed, for a period of several years, to progressively severe forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the cumulative effects of which can only be described as psychological torture.
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- عمداًArabic
- deliberadament, prudentmentCatalan, Valencian
- bevidst, sindigt, langsomt, med vilje, roligtDanish
- absichtlich, mit AbsichtGerman
- deliberadamenteSpanish
- harkitusti, tarkoitukselisesti, tahallaan, tarkoitus, verkkaisesti, verkkaanFinnish
- exprèsFrench
- a dh’aon ghnothachScottish Gaelic
- בכוונהHebrew
- szándékosanHungarian
- af yfirlögðu ráði, rólega, af ásettu ráði, viljandi, yfirvegað, vísvitandiIcelandic
- intenzionalmente, per partito preso, deliberatamenteItalian
- じっくり, 故意, わざとJapanese
- opzettelijk, met opzet, bewust, expresDutch
- deliberadamentePortuguese
- нарочно, медленно, намеренно, сознательноRussian
- ఉద్దేశపూర్వకంగా, కావాలనిTelugu
- kastenTurkish
- назна́рошки, зна́рошна, зва́гом, навмисно, неквапливо, виважено, умисно, наро́шнe, зумисно, нароком, свідо́мо, несква́пно, зна́рошнe, прокво́листо, нарочи́то, назна́ро́шне, пові́льно, пово́ліUkrainian
- 故意Chinese
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