deliberately

adverb

de·lib·er·ate·ly di-ˈli-bə-rət-lē

-ˈlib-rət-

Synonyms of deliberately next

: in a deliberate manner: such as

: with full awareness of what one is doing : in a way that is intended or planned

trying deliberately to mislead us

a deliberately harsh review

It's very clear, however, that organizations funded in part by the fossil fuel industry have deliberately tried to undermine the public's understanding of the scientific consensus by promoting a few skeptics.—

Joel Achenbach

: in a way that is not hurried : slowly and carefully

speaking clearly and deliberately

He moves deliberately, almost cautiously, and he speaks with the assurance of someone who is accustomed to being listened to.—

Alec Wilkinson

Examples of deliberately in a Sentence

deliberately chose to break the rules

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To distort the true picture of their progress, others might even try deliberately publishing misleading research, with AI assisting in the creation of convincing fabrications. —

Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024 Duff’s deliberately jittery performance magnifies her vulnerability. —

Jen Chaney, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024 In 2020, a 52-year-old man deliberately drove a bus into a lake, killing 21 people in the southwestern province of Guizhou. —

Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024 The philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte, a father of German nationalism, even accused Europeans of deliberately keeping German lands fragmented—the better to enlist German valor for their own conquests. —

Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for deliberately