DELIBERATE used in FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS -- sense 1

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deliberate

Used in

For Whom the Bell Tolls

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But they did that on purpose and deliberately. (not reviewed by editor)

He looked at her quite deliberately and then he looked across the table at Robert Jordan. (not reviewed by editor)

"After the bridge," he said again deliberately and took a sip of the absinthe. (not reviewed by editor)

Then they lay quiet and close together in the night, hot-aching, rigid, close together and holding her, Robert Jordan held closely too all those things that he knew could never happen, and he went on with it deliberately and said, "Rabbit, we will not always live in that hotel." (not reviewed by editor)

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as in: deliberate insult

as in: need to deliberate

as in: a deliberate thinker

as in: with all deliberate speed

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