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deliberately

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of deliberately

with full awareness of what one is doing
  • deliberately chose to break the rules
Synonyms of deliberately

advisedly, consciously, designedly, intentionally, knowingly, purposefully, purposely, purposively, willfully, wittingly
Words Related to deliberately

calculatedly, studiedly

voluntarily, willingly

premeditatedly
Phrases Synonymous with deliberately

on purpose
Near Antonyms of deliberately

accidentally, incidentally

haphazardly, randomly

involuntarily, unwillingly

impulsively, instinctively, spontaneously
Antonyms of deliberately

inadvertently, unconsciously, unintentionally, unknowingly, unwittingly

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