as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing
deliberately chose to break the rules
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Recent Examples of deliberately
While Sunspel’s styling is deliberately quiet and its pricing premium, its customer base spans age groups and geographies, Verdicchi said.
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2025
According to Edwards, Brooke deliberately portrayed Arabella as struggling to adapt to her new home and her Canadian identity.
—JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
The result is a nine-track record that plays out slowly and deliberately.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
But Nelson replied that while many provisions of the voting rights law did have time limits, Congress deliberately refused to put a time limit on this provision.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2025
According to Edwards, Brooke deliberately portrayed Arabella as struggling to adapt to her new home and her Canadian identity.
—JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
The result is a nine-track record that plays out slowly and deliberately.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
But Nelson replied that while many provisions of the voting rights law did have time limits, Congress deliberately refused to put a time limit on this provision.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliberately
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Sanders has since been charged with intentionally abandoning a child younger than 15 without intent to return, a third-degree felony charge in Texas, according to court documents.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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In February 2025, umpire Pat Hoberg was fired by MLB for sharing his legal sports gambling accounts with a friend who bet on baseball games and for intentionally deleting electronic messages pertinent to the league’s investigation.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Another defendant texted another co-conspirator that Billups should purposely lose a hand to avoid any cheating allegations.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Modern classics, such as the mahogany runabouts from builders like Grand Craft and Hacker, are purposely designed to look like boats from the 1930s.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Deliberately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliberately. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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