All 7 Uses
deliberate
in
Go Set a Watchman
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- Maycomb's regular pastors ate free for a week also, and it was hinted in disrespectful quarters that the local clergy deliberately led their churches into holding separate services, thereby gaining two more weeks' honoraria.
p. 60.9 *deliberately = intentionally
- After holding the class's undivided attention by deliberately introducing Gaston B. Means into a discussion on the natural resources of South Africa, and proving her accuracy with a rubberband gun during recess, she enjoyed the confidence of the Old Sarum crowd.
p. 126.1
- Slowly and deliberately Calpurnia told her the simple story.
p. 137.6 *deliberately = with great care -- often slowly
- He was deliberately making some eloquent unspoken plea to her, he was deliberately keeping off the subject.
p. 199.3deliberately = intentionally
- He was deliberately making some eloquent unspoken plea to her, he was deliberately keeping off the subject.
p. 199.3
- "Why is it," said Henry deliberately, "that you never drink more than half your second cup of coffee after supper?"†
p. 49.7
- He spoke deliberately.†
p. 188.9
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)