2 meanings, 7 uses
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1 —6 uses as in:
deliberate insult
Definition
to do something intentionally (do it on purpose)
- She was accused, together with her husband, of having deliberately murdered her former employerp. 89.1
deliberately = intentionally (on purpose)
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- John Gordon Macarthur, that on the 4th of January, 1917, you deliberately sent your wife's lover, Arthur Richmond, to his death.p. 43.2
- He'd sent Richmond deliberately to death.p. 76.2
- He'd known, perhaps, that Richmond was being deliberately sent to death.p. 76.7
- And if you tell me that Anthony Marston, a young bull with no nerves and precious little brains, got the wind up over having mowed down a couple of kids and deliberately put himself out of the way-well, the idea's laughable!p. 105.5
- He added that there were many cases of a similar nature going on all the time-cases of deliberate murder-and all quite untouchable by the law.p. 264.5
deliberately = intentionally (on purpose)
deliberately = with intentional effort (done on purpose)
deliberately = intentionally (on purpose)
deliberately = intentionally (on purpose)
deliberate = intentional (done on purpose)
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2 —1 use as in:
a deliberate thinker
Definition
done with great care — often slowly
- Blore said deliberately: "It wouldn't be the first you've made-if that gramophone record is to be believed!"p. 127.2
deliberately = thoughtfully (not impulsively)
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