All 5 Uses
deliberate
in
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
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- Instead of sighs and accidents there was pointed and deliberate abuse.
Part 1 *deliberate = intentional
- Braced and heartened by that easy encounter, she picked up speed and began to look deliberately at the neighborhood surrounding her.
Part 3 *deliberately = with great care
- Deliberate, she thought, it must be deliberate, because the last color she remembered was the pink chips in the headstone of her baby girl.†
Part 1
- Deliberate, she thought, it must be deliberate, because the last color she remembered was the pink chips in the headstone of her baby girl.†
Part 1
- After they made up their tales, shaped and decorated them, those that saw her that day on the porch quickly and deliberately forgot her.†
Part 3
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
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)