All 6 Uses of
deliberate
in
Washington Square
- The Doctor delivered himself of these remarks slowly, deliberately, with occasional pauses and prolongations of accent, which made no great allowance for poor Catherine's suspense as to his conclusion.†
Chpt 11
- Of course she was thinking over her situation, and she was apparently doing so in a deliberate and unimpassioned manner, with a view of making the best of it.†
Chpt 15
- I have explained my views to Catherine; she understands them perfectly, and anything that she does further in the way of encouraging Mr. Townsend's attentions will be in deliberate opposition to my wishes.†
Chpt 19
- But Mrs. Penniman was elaborately reserved and significantly silent; there was a richer rustle in the very deliberate movements to which she confined herself, and when she occasionally spoke, in connexion with some very trivial event, she had the air of meaning something deeper than what she said.†
Chpt 22
- He has broken it off deliberately; he has given me up.†
Chpt 30 *
- But she folded her work, deliberately and correctly, bending her burning face upon it.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(deliberate as in: need to deliberate) to think about or discuss -- especially with great care