All 17 Uses of
deliberate
in
Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer
- He looked away, deliberating.†
Chpt 9deliberating = thinking about or discussing
- He deliberated for a moment as we walked.†
Chpt 10deliberated = thought about or discussed
- With deliberate slowness, his hands slid down the sides of my neck.
Chpt 13 *deliberate = careful
- I pursed my lips, deliberated, then shook my head with a tight grin.†
Chpt 13deliberated = thought about or discussed
- I deliberated where I stood, wanting to return to him badly, but afraid I might have morning breath.†
Chpt 15
- For a split second that seemed much longer than it really was, Carlisle deliberated.†
Chpt 17
- He pointed us out in groups, deliberately not calling attention to individuals.
Chpt 18 *deliberately = intentionally
- He deliberated for a moment.†
Chpt 19deliberated = thought about or discussed
- I deliberated for a moment, and decided she meant it.
Chpt 20 *deliberated = thought
- The next morning, when I pulled into the parking lot, I deliberately parked as far as possible from the silver Volvo.†
Chpt 4
- He deliberately worked a thick edge of menace into his tone.†
Chpt 6
- He glared at me, holding my eyes as he lifted the slice of pizza off the tray, and deliberately bit off a mouthful, chewed quickly, and then swallowed.†
Chpt 10
- I deliberately took unnecessary cold medicine — the kind that knocked me out for a good eight hours.†
Chpt 12
- He sat sinuously, with deliberately unhurried movements, till our faces were on the same level, just a foot apart.†
Chpt 13
- I looked back at his hand, and then deliberately returned to tracing the lines in his hand with my fingertip.†
Chpt 13
- He seemed to deliberate for a moment.†
Chpt 14
- She frowned and looked back and forth between Edward and me, this time very deliberately.†
Chpt 24
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