deliberatelyde‧lib‧er‧ate‧ly /dɪˈlɪbərətli/ ●●○ S3 adverb 
He deliberately upset her.2done or said in a slow careful way: He shook his head slowly and deliberately.THESAURUSdeliberately if you do something deliberately, you do it because you want to: · He upset her deliberately.· I deliberately kept the letter short.on purpose especially spoken deliberately, especially in order to annoy someone or get an advantage for yourself: · I didn’t push her on purpose; it was an accident.intentionally deliberately, especially in order to have a particular result or effect: · Very few teenagers become pregnant intentionally.consciously /ˈkɒnʃəsli/ done after thinking carefully about what you are doing, especially because you know what the results of your actions might be: · Parents pass their values to their children, though not always consciously.knowingly if you knowingly do something wrong or illegal, you do it even though you know it is wrong: · FBI agents arrested Dillon for ‘knowingly making a false statement on a passport application’.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- I think he was deliberately ignoring me.
- Police believe the fire was started deliberately.
- Rogers was dismissed from the army for deliberately disobeying an order.
- She left the letter there deliberately so that you'd see it.
- Somebody deliberately released the brakes and headed the truck downhill.
- There were no signs that the fire had been set deliberately.
- Tom paused deliberately before continuing.
- Did they - whoever they were - deliberately try to kill him?
- He deliberately paused outside the door, forcing them to wait in frustration before they dared erupt into excited comment.
- In that sense, it is deliberately idiosyncratic.
- Story then becomes revised into recitation or into a deliberately implausible sequence against which the narrative voice can play.
- Teachers can not be dismissed for insubordination unless they willfully and deliberately defy school authorities or violate reasonable school rules.
- The church had, of course, been put there deliberately both to use and to nullify the site of the previous religion.
- Very deliberately, Ricci slowly rotated it into the best position for nut-cracking.
THESAURUS
if you do something deliberately, you do it because you want to: · He upset her deliberately.· I deliberately kept the letter short.
especially spoken deliberately, especially in order to annoy someone or get an advantage for yourself: · I didn’t push her on purpose; it was an accident.
deliberately, especially in order to have a particular result or effect: · Very few teenagers become pregnant intentionally.
done after thinking carefully about what you are doing, especially because you know what the results of your actions might be: · Parents pass their values to their children, though not always consciously.
if you knowingly do something wrong or illegal, you do it even though you know it is wrong: · FBI agents arrested Dillon for ‘knowingly making a false statement on a passport application’.
Longman Language Activatordeliberately if you do something deliberately , you do it because you want to do it, and you hope it will have a particular result or effect: · She left the letter there deliberately so that you'd see it.· Police believe the fire was started deliberately.· Rogers was dismissed from the army for deliberately disobeying an order.· I think he was deliberately ignoring me.
spoken if you do something on purpose , you do it deliberately, for example in order to annoy people or to get an advantage for yourself - use this especially about things that are not very important: · I spilled my drink on purpose -- I needed an excuse to leave the room.· Will always pronounces my name wrong. Do you think he does it on purpose?· Is he really that dumb or is he acting that way on purpose?
if you do something intentionally , you do it deliberately - use this especially about actions that are wrong or illegal: · The jury had to decide whether he killed John Bishop intentionally or whether it was an accident.· The mayor denied intentionally misleading the public and proclaimed his innocence.· The article is intentionally provocative and looks likely to cause a stir.
if you knowingly do something wrong or illegal, you do it even though you know it is wrong: · If any employee knowingly breaks the terms of this contract they will be dismissed immediately.· Stansfield would never have knowingly become involved in political espionage.
if you do something consciously , you do it carefully and you think about it as you are doing it, especially because you know what the result of your actions might be: · I don't think she was consciously trying to hurt your feelings.· Most school teachers do not consciously discriminate between their students.
British /willfully American if you wilfully do something, you do it deliberately or do not try to stop it even though you know it is wrong or it will cause harm -- used especially in legal contexts: · The mother could face a charge of wilfully neglecting her children.· The defendants were convicted of wilfully promoting racial hatred.· The new evidence was either not available or was willfully ignored.
said or done in a way that will make other people notice you, especially to show them that you think they should do something: · Miss Phillips looked at the clock pointedly and I realized that it was time for me to leave.· The shopkeeper made a rude comment about shoplifters and looked pointedly at the boy standing next to me.
to deliberately do something because you think it is important to do it, or because you want other people to notice that you have done it: make a point of doing something: · Kramer made a point of looking very bored while the colonel was speaking.· You should make a point of arriving fifteen minutes early at the office every morning -- show that you're keen.make a point of something: · "Did you complain about it?'' "Yes, I made a point of it.''
deliberate use this about things that you do or say deliberately: deliberate attempt: · It was a deliberate attempt to prevent the truth from being known.deliberate act of something: · FBI agents believe Thursday's power failure was a deliberate act of sabotage.quite deliberate British: · He definitely meant to be rude -- it was quite deliberate.
use this about things that you do or say deliberately, especially about things that are wrong or illegal: · The damage was not intentional but I was still annoyed.· The jury has to decide whether the killing was an intentional act.· If their advertisements are shocking, this is entirely intentional.
: conscious decision/effort/attempt etc a decision, effort that you decide to make after thinking carefully about what the result would be: · Julia made a conscious effort to appear unconcerned, even though she was very upset.· Dylan's latest record is a conscious attempt to break away from his old image and try out a new style.
deliberately and carefully planned - use this about something that is morally wrong or dishonest: · a calculated attempt to deceive the American public· The cruelty with which Mengele's orders were carried out was ruthless and calculated.· Statements made by Mr. Lyman were just a calculated scare tactic designed to frighten consumers.cold and calculated (=deliberate and without any pity): · She got rid of her victims one by one, with cold and calculated precision.
a premeditated crime or act of violence is one that is deliberate and has been planned -- used especially in legal contexts: · The defense claim that the killing was not premeditated.· The maximum penalty for premeditated murder is death or life imprisonment.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The union had openly flouted the law. She was accused of being deliberately provocative.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1done in a way that is intended or planned: (=in a way that is intended or planned)· She blinked twice in a deliberately exaggerated gesture of surprise.
The union had openly flouted the law. She was accused of being deliberately provocative.· Roman, as always, was being arrogant, deliberately provocative.
VERB· During her lunch hour she shopped, deliberately avoiding the part of town in which Giles's office was situated.· Some of them fear he's now deliberately avoiding them.· It seems likely, moreover, that the police deliberately avoided mixing it in the more perilous districts.· In spite of the repeated assurances of his gushingly polite secretary, Mattie knew that he was deliberately avoiding her.· He had a feeling that she was deliberately avoiding him - that she feared to be alone with him.· There is an additional problem since coin designs might sometimes deliberately avoid the most recent currents in art.· So much so that I deliberately avoided anything outside it which might affect my emotions or disturb my thoughts.· The artist as critic in this case deliberately avoided the historical context of the pictures she was discussing.
· Oliver was annoyed that Angelina had deliberately chosen to sit next to Sir Thomas.· He will often seem to deliberately choose the activity that is opposite of what the parents want.· We had deliberately chosen a villa with easy access to the sea, but the children preferred their own pool.· It was what she had deliberately chosen.· The default is the setting or choice you get unless you deliberately choose something else.· He deliberately chose the day to coincide with the Paddington election.· These 15 champions and contenders have been deliberately chosen to cover all eras of the modern game.· I deliberately chose bright colours to illustrate that green is not the only option.
· Giap had deliberately created that impression by staging diversionary actions around the country.
· Michael Kalisher, for Birds Eye, said there was no way the company had deliberately flouted the law.· If some one deliberately flouts the law in that manner, they only have themselves to blame for the consequences.· Sometimes we deliberately flout the charge to be relevant: to signal embarrassment or a desire to change the subject.
· Several times over. Deliberately ignoring her, Patrick concentrated on his surroundings.· And Lais was deliberately ignoring him.
· You're deliberately keeping me away from her - and if you ask me, that tells a story in itself.· The routine was unvarying, and I deliberately kept it as a technique of maintaining a personal link between us.· It lacked substance - almost as much as had my fantasies that Edward was deliberately keeping us apart.· The groups are deliberately kept small so participants can raise individual concerns and cases.· Then she wondered suddenly if Tom Russell had known she would find it intimidating and had deliberately kept her in the dark.· Matilda had known of Edmund's death and had deliberately kept that fact from her.· Mitch did not know where she was either and seemed to think that she had been deliberately keeping out of his way.· She had never felt that Alice had deliberately kept them apart, fearing that her brother would be bored by her friend.
· Many issues, however, were not well defined in the Protocol, or were deliberately left ambiguous.· I found the protozoan attracted in large numbers to slate panels we deliberately left at vents for one year and then recovered.· But they have deliberately left the story line open ... just in case.· The Forestry Commission has deliberately left areas of older woodland for their wildlife value, so concentrate your observations here.
· We are ashamed to deliberately make a system so inconvenient that people will stop using it.· A genius deliberately made, not born.· The set, therefore, can be manipulated and made deliberately suggestive of the appropriateness of religious labelling.· Nor do I believe in deliberately making people poor: that is why I oppose sanctions.· To inflate their confidence, I was deliberately making them see a weak front.· No doubt Thomas was deliberately making her look foolish in public in order to hide his real feelings.
· She had just assumed ... She had assumed rather a lot, it seemed - or perhaps Caro had deliberately misled her?· That statement was silent on the question of whether Gingrich deliberately misled the committee or skirted tax law.· The most generous excuse one can make is that Brooke was deliberately misled by his advisers.· The lawsuit would likely allege that Symington got the loan because he deliberately misled the pension funds about his financial condition.
· Anti-alcohol campaigners deliberately seek to confuse alcohol with narcotic drugs.· He did not say that these artists deliberately sought to imitate the photographs, or that their works are exactly like them.· Some deliberately seek high concentrations of brine and others regularly withstand being frozen solid.· Newly formed governments seek deliberately to reverse their predecessors' communications policies.· If the club golfer, having read that late hitting is desirable, deliberately seeks an action he is in trouble.· Didn't alter the fact that he'd deliberately sought her out because of her parents.· Stevenson was deliberately seeking a plot that would allow him to explore an aspect of human psychology.
· But it was the knowledge that he'd deliberately set out to make a fool of her that wounded her the most.· There were no initial indications that the fire was set deliberately, Gaines said.· These are corporations deliberately set up, taken over, or controlled for the explicit and sole purpose of executing criminal activity.· But under cross-examination, he was accused of deliberately setting out to besmirch her character.· It was deliberately set up when the University received its Charter in 1909.· Sometimes in drama a teacher deliberately sets up a structure that appears to lack any obvious game element.· He said the explosion appeared not to have been deliberately set off because of the timing.· Social groups are often deliberately set up for a purpose.
· This deliberately starts with some very simple models, which are then elaborated step-by-step.· Police confirmed that it was started deliberately.· A further £73,000 went on repairing other damage from fires, almost all of which were started deliberately.· Read in studio Investigators say a fire in which a man died could have been started deliberately.· Meanwhile the police are continuing their investigation into the cause of the fire, which it's thought was started deliberately.· There are no obvious signs that the fire was started deliberately.· The fire, which caused damage valued at about £2,500, had been started deliberately but the motive was still not clear.
· He said he was not suggesting that Mrs Swami had tried deliberately to mislead the jury about the number of beatings.· Many hospitals deliberately tried to avoid challenging or openly discouraging the parents' hopes and expectations for a perfect or near-perfect recovery.· Experts make mistakes, they work to their own agendas, and sometimes they deliberately try to mislead.· There is no reason, however, to suppose that Isabella had deliberately tried to build up a party amongst the bishops.· Was he deliberately trying to make her feel even more humiliated?· Richard admitted that he had listened to the advice of people who were deliberately trying to sow dissension between them.· Some people deliberately try to programme their children.· Few organizations however formally acknowledge it, or deliberately try to develop the coaching role.
· He deliberately used both brush and pen as boldly as possible to soften the mechanical nature of the process.
He deliberately upset her.2done or said in a slow careful way: He shook his head slowly and deliberately.THESAURUSdeliberately if you do something deliberately, you do it because you want to: · He upset her deliberately.· I deliberately kept the letter short.on purpose especially spoken deliberately, especially in order to annoy someone or get an advantage for yourself: · I didn’t push her on purpose; it was an accident.intentionally deliberately, especially in order to have a particular result or effect: · Very few teenagers become pregnant intentionally.consciously /ˈkɒnʃəsli/ done after thinking carefully about what you are doing, especially because you know what the results of your actions might be: · Parents pass their values to their children, though not always consciously.knowingly if you knowingly do something wrong or illegal, you do it even though you know it is wrong: · FBI agents arrested Dillon for ‘knowingly making a false statement on a passport application’.