deliberatelyadverb
uk/dɪˈlɪb.ər.ət.li/us/dɪˈlɪb.ɚ.ət.li/B2 intentionally:
I'm sure he says these things deliberately to annoy me.
slowly and carefully:
Calmly and deliberately, she cut up his suits one by one.
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- It is believed that the building was set on fire deliberately.
- I deliberately didn't have lunch so that I would be hungry tonight.
- He was sent off for deliberately tripping Robson when he was about to score a goal.
- I didn't do it deliberately - it was an accident!
- The paintwork has been deliberately scratched.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purpose idiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim
- aim at sth
- calculate
- chart
- engineer
- in the pipeline idiom
- intend
- intent
- intention
- intentional
- promise
- scheme
- scientific
- see sth coming idiom
- set sth up
- strategic
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Slow and moving slowly
Paying attention and being careful