Definitions for deliberately
de·lib·er·ate·ly

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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"

2. measuredly, deliberatelyadverb

   in a deliberate unhurried manner

   "she was working deliberately"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. deliberatelyadverb

   Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.

   He deliberately broke that, didn't he?

2. deliberatelyadverb

   Taking one's time, slowly and carefully.

   After being called upon, he strode deliberately up to the blackboard.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Deliberatelyadverb

   with careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; warily; not hastily or rashly; slowly; as, a purpose deliberately formed

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'deliberately' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3505

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'deliberately' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4185

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'deliberately' in Adverbs Frequency: #254

How to pronounce deliberately?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say deliberately in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of deliberately in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of deliberately in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of deliberately in a Sentence

1. Ehsan Sehgal:

   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.

2. Jeffrey Tambor:

   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.

3. Manuel Valls:

   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.

4. Professor Gordon Blair:

   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.

5. Nils Melzer:

   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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