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
Conversely, those who fail to clearly define and protect autonomy inadvertently—or, in some cases, very deliberately—foster organizational cynicism, distrust, and disengagement.
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Dan Pontefract, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Those close to Harry believe the King is deliberately keeping his distance, in part to avoid being drawn into discussions about security.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Or are the Chinese and others deliberately refusing to buy Treasuries as a form of retaliation?
—Kelly Evans, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
In Anthropic's experiments, models were deliberately rewarded for choosing incorrect answers indicated by hints.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
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Dan Pontefract, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Those close to Harry believe the King is deliberately keeping his distance, in part to avoid being drawn into discussions about security.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Or are the Chinese and others deliberately refusing to buy Treasuries as a form of retaliation?
—Kelly Evans, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
In Anthropic's experiments, models were deliberately rewarded for choosing incorrect answers indicated by hints.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliberately
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Geragos said that Hochman intentionally reassigned Theberge and Lunsford, viewed as Menendez sympathizers, to another office.—
Peter D'Abrosca , Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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The choice was binary when Judge came to the plate, Schneider said, pitch carefully or intentionally walk.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Other hiring employers like Snapchat’s CEO, Evan Spiegel, purposely terrifies new hires by setting them up to fail on their first day on the job.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The glasses themselves were objectively rather dull, utilitarian in design and purposely plain.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Deliberately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliberately. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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