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
Faces and license plates are deliberately obscured.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
McLean said the strategy was to move slowly and deliberately, building a foundation of trust before expanding the work.
—Uc Berkeley, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
But the details of its IPO plan are being kept deliberately vague.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 14 June 2026
In fact, Gilligan very deliberately changed course on the long-gestating sci-fi project that would eventually become Pluribus, pivoting from a male lead to instead shaping the role especially for Seehorn.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 13 June 2026
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
McLean said the strategy was to move slowly and deliberately, building a foundation of trust before expanding the work.
—Uc Berkeley, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
But the details of its IPO plan are being kept deliberately vague.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 14 June 2026
In fact, Gilligan very deliberately changed course on the long-gestating sci-fi project that would eventually become Pluribus, pivoting from a male lead to instead shaping the role especially for Seehorn.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 13 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for deliberately
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliberately
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National magazines like Life and Ebony capitalized on them, running in their pages idealized portraits of domestic abundance that, intentionally or not, projected an image of culinary uniformity.—
Ashley Rose Young,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 June 2026
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For the past five years, Juneteenth has been recognized as a federal holiday, encouraging people across the country to reflect not only on the nation's tangled past with slavery, but the wider legacy of forgotten, ignored and intentionally buried stories about Black America.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
Adverb
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She was charged with simple assault and purposely/knowingly causing a bodily injury.—
Jamie Ballard,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
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She was charged with simple assault and purposely/knowingly causing a bodily injury, the outlet also revealed.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
11 June 2026
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“Deliberately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliberately. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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