PREMEDITATEDLY Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

premeditatedly

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Definition of premeditatedly

as in deliberately

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Recent Examples of premeditatedly Prosecutors said Brian Walshe premeditatedly murdered and dismembered his wife, then disposed of her remains in dumpsters. — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2025

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Prosecutors, however, claimed Clancy deliberately killed her children and charged her with first-degree murder.

— Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026
No self-respecting living thing would deliberately sniff, let alone eat, any part of the plant, which also contains highly toxic steroidal alkaloids.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of deliberately

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Beyond what can be seen externally, which was intentionally kept to a minimum, the piece extends underneath the laces to enable greater lockdown.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026
During her April 2024 trial, prosecutors accused Read of drunkenly hitting and killing O’Keefe with her car, either intentionally or unintentionally while being under the influence.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of intentionally

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Hours later, her parents were arrested in Carter County, Tennessee — more than 350 miles away — and charged with unlawfully placing a child at risk or willfully abandoning a child.

— Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026
Following an extensive investigation, Saylor's parents have been arrested and charged under South Carolina law relating to unlawfully placing a child at risk of or causing harm, or willfully abandoning a child.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of willfully

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Some owners had knowingly leased their vehicles for the scheme, according to Kuwait’s interior ministry.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2026
While historians might argue that there is no contest, the question hints knowingly at the novelist’s counter-argument.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of knowingly

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The art of the Intifada was a symbolist art that consciously addressed its own population, not the international art world.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
This suggested that dreams were drawing on the events of the day—even for people who could not consciously recall them—and working with them somehow.

— Veronique Greenwood, Time, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of consciously

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According to Ukrzaliznytsia, a diplomatic train carrying Boris Johnson, Carl Bildt and security advisers from several European Union states had purposely left the station at Yahodyn ahead of schedule.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026
These fish can’t really be classified as invasive, however, because the state purposely stocked the South American imports in the early 1980s for two reasons.

— Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2026

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