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
Crown prosecutors allege Patterson deliberately served lethal mushrooms to kill her lunch guests; her defense counsel claims the deaths were a tragic accident.
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
The scene seems designed to provoke — perhaps deliberately playing into the charges of misogyny that have often been leveled at Mamet — as Gene dismantles Henry’s reasons to trust the counselor.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025
Russian state media has deliberately omitted U.S. President Donald Trump's criticism of its leader from its coverage, according to an independent Russian investigative outlet.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Prosecutors allege that Read, 45, deliberately hit O’Keefe with her SUV in a drunken rage and left him to die in the snow in January 2022.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
The scene seems designed to provoke — perhaps deliberately playing into the charges of misogyny that have often been leveled at Mamet — as Gene dismantles Henry’s reasons to trust the counselor.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025
Russian state media has deliberately omitted U.S. President Donald Trump's criticism of its leader from its coverage, according to an independent Russian investigative outlet.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Prosecutors allege that Read, 45, deliberately hit O’Keefe with her SUV in a drunken rage and left him to die in the snow in January 2022.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 29 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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Bender imagines people turning off AI features or purposely choosing synonyms when prompted to use certain words, as an act of defiance.—
Victoria Turk,
The Atlantic,
29 Apr. 2025
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First, this manager purposely walks the applicant down to the lunchroom to get a cup of whatever.—
Phil Blair,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 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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