All 11 Uses of
deliberate
in
The Idiot
- They were both highly amiable, but both appeared to be labouring under a half-hidden feeling of anxiety as to the result of Nastasia's deliberations with regard to Gania, which result was to be made public this evening.†
Chpt 1.13 *deliberations = discussions
- The general considered that the girls' taste and good sense should be allowed to develop and mature deliberately, and that the parents' duty should merely be to keep watch, in order that no strange or undesirable choice be made; but that the selection once effected, both father and mother were bound from that moment to enter heart and soul into the cause, and to see that the matter progressed without hindrance until the altar should be happily reached.†
Chpt 1.4
- As if anybody would go to their death deliberately!†
Chpt 2.3
- Twice Mrs. Epanchin had deliberately examined him from head to foot; but he had stood fire without flinching.†
Chpt 2.6
- That it was a jest there was no doubt whatever; he knew that well enough, and had good reason, too, for his conviction; for during her recitation of the ballad Aglaya had deliberately changed the letters A. N. B. into N. P. B. He was quite sure she had not done this by accident, and that his ears had not deceived him.†
Chpt 2.7
- he banished the thought, after an instant's deliberation.†
Chpt 3.2
- Norma backed slowly and carefully away from the brute, which followed her, creeping deliberately after her as though it intended to make a sudden dart and sting her.†
Chpt 3.5
- He entered the room now last of all, deliberately, and with a disagreeable smile on his lips.†
Chpt 4.2
- He has grown so cunning and careful, and weighs his words so deliberately; he spoke to me about that Kapiton fellow with an object, you know!†
Chpt 4.2
- "Excuse me—I will take a seat," interrupted Hippolyte once more, sitting down deliberately; "for I am not strong yet.†
Chpt 4.2
- He continued to speak in a whisper, very deliberately as before, and looked strangely thoughtful and dreamy.†
Chpt 4.11
Definitions:
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(1)
(deliberate as in: deliberate insult) to do something intentionally (do it on purpose)
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(2)
(deliberate as in: need to deliberate) to think about or discuss -- especially with great care
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(3)
(deliberate as in: a deliberate thinker) done with great care -- often slowly