STUDIEDLY Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

studiedly

adverb

Definition of studiedly

as in deliberately

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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

Adverb

Some Demna-sized—as in, calculatedly oversized—tailoring, and lots of bitchy, bratty handbag holding that made the accessories a focal point of most looks in the collection.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 17 May 2026
His players were shown footage of the tackle, calculatedly riling up their ire for next week.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 1 May 2026

Definition of calculatedly

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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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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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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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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
The museum in the book is a purposely generic version of a recognizable major art museum like the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of purposely

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Dominion alleged that the cable network operator had knowingly broadcast false claims that Dominion had rigged the 2020 presidential election.

— Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026
How can any of the Clippers partners or sponsors or fans trust this team with their dollars or their time or their affection after they were apparently caught knowingly breaking one of the NBA’s cardinal rules?

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

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