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deliberate
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deliberate as in:  deliberate insult

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She didn't forget. She deliberately skipped the meeting.
deliberately = intentionally
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    She deliberately added false information to the Wikipedia page.
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    Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.  (source)
    deliberately = intentionally (perhaps with great forethought)
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    The answer, of course, is nobody, which has prompted me to make a conscious, deliberate decision—to make distraction my vacation.  (source)
    deliberate = intentional
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    Deliberately causing mayhem in Snape's Potions class was about as safe as poking a sleeping dragon in the eye.  (source)
    Deliberately = intentionally
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    Deliberate Living: Conscious attention to the basics of life, and a constant attention to your immediate environment and its concerns, examples A job, a task, a book; anything requiring efficient concentration  (source)
    Deliberate = intentional
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    Narciso roared, he was now nearly out of his mind with the deliberateness of my father.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    She herself stared fixedly at his slow, undeliberate movements, and held her body perfectly still.†  (source)
    undeliberate = not intentional
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in undeliberate means not and reverses the meaning of deliberate. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    He got to his feet and walked over to me, deliberately stopping four or five feet away, like the pin had some kind of voodoo curse on it.  (source)
    deliberately = intentionally
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    Instead of trying to wrestle his way free, his forefinger veers off and makes a deliberate X on the back of Cato's hand.  (source)
    deliberate = intentional (done on purpose)
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    In a cultivated voice marked by a slight accent that gave it added precision and deliberateness, he said: "It is a very great pleasure and honor to welcome Mr. Sanger Rainsford, the celebrated hunter, to my home."†  (source)
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    His wings moved in slow, undeliberate motions, like the passage of clouds across the sky.†  (source)
    undeliberate = not intentional
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    This time he quite deliberately placed his hand firmly on Gabriel's back, and released the rest of the calming day on the lake.  (source)
    deliberately = intentionally
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    It began to look as if there had been a deliberate effort to leave these open areas as big enclosures, separated from the roads by moats and electric fences.  (source)
    deliberate = intentional (done on purpose)
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deliberate as in:  need to deliberate

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We deliberated into the evening.
deliberated = thought and discussed
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    We need to deliberate on this further before making a decision.
    deliberate = think about or discuss with care
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    I was afraid I'd deliberate, ruminate, agonize, rationalize, and talk myself into not going.  (source)
    deliberate = think about with great care
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    Judge Sims called for a lunch recess until 1:00 P.M. The diner would bring over tuna fish, chicken salad, and ham sandwiches for the jurors, who would eat in the deliberation room.  (source)
    deliberation = for thoughtful discussion
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    After long deliberation, I finally came up with an idea, something funny.  (source)
    deliberation = careful consideration
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    The sun could have set twice on his deliberations but with his eyes quitting, his farm in Azua now dust and his familia in need, what could he really do?  (source)
    deliberations = thoughts or discussions of considerations
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
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    The Psychs are deliberating even now.†  (source)
    deliberating = thinking about or discussing
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    I deliberated for a moment, and decided she meant it.  (source)
    deliberated = thought
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    Cedric puts down his fork, pauses thoughtfully, and takes a deliberative sip of Sprite.†  (source)
    deliberative = characterized by thinking about or discussing carefully
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.
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    He deliberates over a pair of shorts, but they're too big around the waist and wouldn't protect the backs of his legs, so he hangs on to his flowered sheet, doubling it over, knotting it like a sarong.†  (source)
    deliberates = thinks about or discusses
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    Deliberate thinking is a wonderful tool when we have the luxury of time,  (source)
    Deliberate = consideration of all sides of a question
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    He was so sure! Without even asking, he was reckoning on her as deliberately as he calculated his growing pile of lumber.  (source)
    deliberately = thoughtfully
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    He blinked a moment at seeing people in the hall, then turned with great deliberation to the meter on the wall.  (source)
    deliberation = careful thought
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    I am truly thankful that she is to be left out of our future work, and even of our deliberations.  (source)
    deliberations = discussions
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deliberate as in:  a deliberate thinker

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She is a deliberate thinker--not the fastest, but always thorough.
deliberate = careful and slow
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    She wasn't accustomed to cold weather, but she managed to cross the icy street with deliberate care.
    deliberate = slow and careful
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    The flames ran along the deliberate rows of the vines, like long curved fingers reaching for the horizon, lighting the night sky.  (source)
    deliberate = carefully laid out
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    Lunelle pressed her fingers to Mary's heart, then kissed each one of them in a slow, deliberate way, a way that brought tears to my eyes.  (source)
    deliberate = done with great care
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    He watched the old man deliberately eating, and he felt a chill.  (source)
    deliberately = slowly
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    In a case like Khalil's, I would much rather that you spoke out in a more deliberate and planned way.  (source)
    deliberate = thoughtful
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    Ahead of us, to my surprise, a doctor was using a stethoscope with all the deliberateness of a real examination.  (source)
    deliberateness = careful attention
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    John would smile, mark his place with deliberation, and come to join her.  (source)
    deliberation = unhurried care
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    Moving deliberately around the display, Billie points out Chris as a toddler astride a hobby horse, Chris as a rapt eight-year-old in a yellow rain slicker on his first backpacking trip, Chris at his high school commencement.  (source)
    deliberately = slowly with care
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    And the way he moves, even the way he holds himself, is refined and graceful, deliberate and delicate, like he's lived his life as a prince and is now pretending to be the pauper.  (source)
    deliberate = done with care
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    A certain deliberateness characterized his attitude. He was not prone to rashness and precipitate action; and in the bitter hatred between him and Spitz he betrayed no impatience, shunned all offensive acts.  (source)
    deliberateness = thoughtful caution
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    In the hall outside her room, the grandfather's clock ticked deliberately, unimpressed with anyone's impatience  (source)
    deliberately = slowly with great care
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    Rahim Khan slowly uncrossed his legs and leaned against the bare wall in the wary, deliberate way of a man whose every movement triggers spikes of pain.  (source)
    deliberate = slow and careful
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    Then I hear myself saying, "Once upon a time there was a gorilla named Ivan." And, slowly and deliberately, I try to remember.  (source)
    deliberately = with great care
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