All 8 Uses of
deliberate
in
Ender's Game
- Graff had deliberately caused it.
p. 48.3deliberately = intentionally (on purpose)
- So is any deliberate injury.
p. 54.9deliberate = intentional (done on purpose)
- She shoved off, spinning deliberately; with a few deft hand moves she steadied herself, and began aiming carefully at ball after ball.
p. 85.2deliberately = intentionally
- At first Peter insisted that they be deliberately inflammatory.
p. 120.5
- So Ender deliberately took hold of what they were treating as a floor and dangled from it upside down.
p. 139.0
- Graff had deliberately set him up to be separate from the other boys, made it impossible for him to be close to them.
p. 144.9 *deliberately = intentionally (on purpose)
- Since most of the others stole glances at him from time to time, including the ones Petra was talking with, Ender was pretty sure she was deliberately avoiding his glance.
p. 155.8deliberately = intentionally
- But the longer it went on, with no one coming to the door, no one looking for him, the more certain he became that this was something deliberate, meant to disconcert him.
p. 209.9deliberate = intentional
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