as in deliberately
with full awareness of what one is doing
I'm calling him a traitor, and I use that term advisedly
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Adverb
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Prosecutors say Read deliberately hit O’Keefe, 46, outside the home a fellow cop and left him for dead in a drunken rage.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
14 May 2025 -
Many couples had deliberately filed taxes separately for years to avoid having a higher combined income drive up their monthly student loan payments.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Left in to try and soak up some more outs for an overworked bullpen, Banda gave up a single and walked two (one intentionally) to load the bases again in the sixth inning.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
10 May 2025
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The dot can also appear if someone has activated the camera intentionally during a cyberattack, for example using spyware.—
Kate O'Flaherty,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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“Advisedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/advisedly. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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