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deliberately
/dɪˈlɪbɚətli/
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What does deliberately mean?
adverb
- Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.
- Taking one's time, slowly and carefully.
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IPA pronunciation
/dɪˈlɪbɚətli/
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She began now to live through that yesterday morning deliberately again, forcing herself to dwell on every detail and its possible meaning.
Towards eleven o'clock the ladies from the great avenue a block above Polk Street made their appearance, promenading the sidewalks leisurely, deliberately.
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But you have deliberately chosen the part of the man from Honolulu, and you have played it with improvements of your own.
I was actually so dull and tired that I deliberately slept away the afternoon in order to forget the heat and flies.
In Egypt Sesostris, the grandest king of the country, having lost his eyesight in his old age, calmly and deliberately killed himself.