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Webster 1913 Edition

Deliberately

De-lib′er-ate-ly

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adv.

With careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; warily; not hastily or rashly; slowly;

as, a purpose

deliberately

formed

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Webster 1828 Edition

Deliberately

DELIBERATELY

,

adv.

With careful consideration, or deliberation;circumspectly; not hastily or rashly; slowly. This purpose was deliberately formed.

Definition 2024

deliberately

deliberately

English

Adverb

deliberately ‎(comparative more deliberately, superlative most deliberately)

Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.
He deliberately broke that, didn't he?
Taking one's time, slowly and carefully.
After being called upon, he strode deliberately up to the blackboard.

Related terms

on purpose

Translations

intentionally

Arabic: عُمْداً ‎(ʿumdan)
Catalan: deliberadament (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 故意的 (zh) ‎(gùyì-de)
Danish: bevidst, med vilje
Dutch: bewust (nl), expres (nl), opzettelijk (nl), met opzet
Finnish: tahallaan, harkitusti (fi), tarkoituksella (fi), tarkoituksellisesti (fi)
French: exprès (fr)
Galician: deliberadamente (gl)
German: mit Absicht, absichtlich (de)
Greek: επίτηδες (el) ‎(epítides)
Hebrew: בכוונה ‎(be'khavana)

Hungarian: szándékosan (hu)
Icelandic: viljandi, vísvitandi, af ásettu ráði, af yfirlögðu ráði
Italian: intenzionalmente (it), deliberatamente (it), per partito preso
Japanese: 故意に (ja) ‎(こいに, koi-ni), わざと (ja) ‎(wazato)
Portuguese: deliberadamente
Romanian: deliberat (ro), intenționat (ro)
Russian: наме́ренно (ru) ‎(namérenno), созна́тельно (ru) ‎(soznátelʹno), наро́чно (ru) ‎(naróčno)
Scottish Gaelic: a dh'aon ghnothach
Spanish: deliberadamente (es)
Telugu: కావాలని ‎(kāvālani), ఉద్దేశపూర్వకంగా ‎(uddēśapūrvakaṃgā)
Ukrainian: навмисно (uk) ‎(navmysno), свідо́мо (uk) ‎(svidómo), нароком ‎(narokom), умисно ‎(umysno), зумисно ‎(zumysno), наро́шнe ‎(naróšne), зна́рошнe ‎(znárošne), нарочи́то ‎(naročýto), зна́рошна ‎(znárošna), назна́ро́шне ‎(naznáróšne), назна́рошки ‎(naznárošky)

slowly and carefully

Catalan: prudentment
Danish: langsomt, roligt, sindigt
Finnish: verkkaisesti (fi), verkkaan
Icelandic: yfirvegað, rólega
Japanese: じっくり ‎(jikkuri)
Portuguese: deliberadamente

Russian: ме́дленно (ru) ‎(médlenno)
Spanish: deliberadamente (es)
Ukrainian: пово́лі ‎(povóli), пові́льно ‎(povílʹno), зва́гом ‎(zváhom), прокво́листо ‎(prokvólysto), несква́пно ‎(neskvápno), неквапливо ‎(nekvaplyvo), виважено ‎(vyvaženo)