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DELIBERATELY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

With intention; in an intentional manner

Example:

I did this by choice

Synonyms:

advisedly; by choice; by design; deliberately; designedly; intentionally; on purpose; purposely

Classified under:

Adverbs

Antonym:

accidentally (without advance planning)

accidentally (without intention; in an unintentional manner)

Pertainym:

deliberate (carefully thought out in advance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a deliberate unhurried manner

Example:

she was working deliberately

Synonyms:

deliberately; measuredly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

deliberate (unhurried and with care and dignity)

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 Context examples: 

He deliberately scrutinised each sketch and painting.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

This was a letter to be run through eagerly, to be read deliberately, to supply matter for much reflection, and to leave everything in greater suspense than ever.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Immunosuppression may be deliberately induced with drugs, as in preparation for bone marrow or other organ transplantation, to prevent rejection of the donor tissue.

(Immunosuppression, NCI Dictionary)

The MESSENGER spacecraft entered orbit around Mercury in March 2011, and spent four years observing this nearest planet to our Sun until it was deliberately brought down to the planet’s surface in April 2015.

(A Closer Look at Mercury’s Spin and Gravity Reveals the Planet’s Inner Solid Core, NASA)

Techniques used for deliberately altering the genetic material of an organism in order to make them capable of making new substances or performing new or different functions.

(Organism Modification, NCI Thesaurus)

Listing of the genetic changes made deliberately in order to generate the animal model.

(Genotype Summary, NCI Thesaurus)

"However," she adds, "we should not feel justified to dump polyethylene deliberately in our environment just because we now know how to biodegrade it."

(Plastic Eating Worm Could Help Ease Pollution, VOA)

Cassini's mission ended in September 2017 when, low on fuel, the spacecraft was deliberately plunged into Saturn's atmosphere by the mission team, which wanted to avoid crashing the craft onto the planet's moons.

(Scientists Finally Know What Time It Is on Saturn, NASA)

If you clash with your partner, you need to deliberately hold yourself back a bit and not tear into this person, for it will not help your case.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Upon this information, they instantly passed through the hall once more, and ran across the lawn after their father, who was deliberately pursuing his way towards a small wood on one side of the paddock.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)