deliberately

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
20
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət.li/
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/dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət.li/ · /dəˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət.li/

Definition of deliberately

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.
    “He deliberately broke that, didn't he?”
    “Major funding for this book was made possible by deliberately starving a family of four in Tennessee.”
    ““As a result, OCR found that the district’s pattern of inconsistent responses to reports it received of sexual harassment – infrequently responding under Title IX or not responding at all – rose to the level that the district’s response to some families’ sexual harassment reports was deliberately indifferent to students’ civil rights,” a news release from DOE reads.”
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adv

  1. Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.
    “He deliberately broke that, didn't he?”
    “Major funding for this book was made possible by deliberately starving a family of four in Tennessee.”
    ““As a result, OCR found that the district’s pattern of inconsistent responses to reports it received of sexual harassment – infrequently responding under Title IX or not responding at all – rose to the level that the district’s response to some families’ sexual harassment reports was deliberately indifferent to students’ civil rights,” a news release from DOE reads.”
  2. Taking one's time, slowly and carefully.
    “After being called upon, he strode deliberately up to the blackboard.”

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Etymology

From deliberate + -ly.

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