All 18 Uses
deliberate
in
Breaking Dawn, by Meyer
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- There was a squeal against the window—someone deliberately scraping their steel nails across the glass to make a horrible, cover-your-ears, goose-bumps-down-your-spine noise.†
Book 1
- I deliberately stomped on his foot as hard as I could.†
Book 1
- He stopped speaking, and she seemed to be deliberating something.†
Book 1 *
- She walked a few steps forward deliberately this time and asked a few brief questions, which he responded to tensely.†
Book 1 *
- Leah very deliberately looked at her brother and then at me.†
Book 2
- She deliberated for a moment.†
Book 2
- The impossible face suddenly smiled—a wide, deliberate smile.†
Book 3
- As I deliberated for one small piece of a second over which question to ask first, Edward reached out tentatively and stroked his fingertips across my cheek.†
Book 3
- I glanced at his face anxiously; Edward seemed to deliberate for a moment, and then his expression twisted from concern into something else.†
Book 3
- Then, very deliberately, she reached for my face.†
Book 3
- He deliberated, and then let me go.†
Book 3
- I deliberately redirected my thoughts in order to control my emotions.†
Book 3
- Very deliberately, Renesmee waved at him.†
Book 3
- Kate had taken a deliberate step in my direction, her hand stretched toward us.†
Book 3
- I deliberated for a moment, then left the room, crossing the hall to Carlisle and Esme's suite.†
Book 3
- Slowly, deliberately, I wrote the words RIO DE JANEIRO in all caps across the page.†
Book 3
- Their progress was slow but deliberate, with no hurry, no tension, no anxiety.†
Book 3
- Only a second had passed; Caius was still deliberating.†
Book 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)