deliberately
Syllables: de·lib·er·ate·ly/dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət.li/
deliberately adverb: intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.
Adverb
deliberately (comparative more deliberately, superlative most deliberately)
- Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.
- He deliberately broke that, didn't he?
- Major funding for this book was made possible by deliberately starving a family of four in Tennessee.2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page https://archive.org/details/whenwilljesusbri00hype/page/n9/
- Taking one's time, slowly and carefully.
- After being called upon, he strode deliberately up to the blackboard.
deliberately meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
deliberately in Hindi
- intentionally
- जानबूझकर jānbūjhkar
deliberately in Tamil
- வேண்டுமென்றே, அப்பட்டமாக
deliberately in Marathi
- intentionally
- मुद्दाम muddām
deliberately in Urdu
- عمداً, دانستہ, جانے بوجھے
More languagesFewer languages
- deliberately in Bengali
- ইচ্ছাকৃতভাবে
- deliberately in Telugu
- కావాలని kāvālani, ఉద్దేశపూర్వకంగా uddēśapūrvakaṅgā
- deliberately in Malayalam
- കരുതിക്കൂട്ടി, ആലോചനാപൂർവ്വം, വിചാരപൂർവ്വം
- deliberately in Kannada
- ಉದ್ದೇಶಪೂರ್ವಕ uddēśapūrvaka
- deliberately in Gujarati
- જાણીજોઈને jāṇījoīne
- deliberately in Arabic
- عُمْداً ʕumdan
- deliberately in Persian
- عمداً 'amdan
- deliberately in Thai
- เจตนา jèet-dtà-naa
Examples of deliberately in a sentence
- The word "advisedly" has a connotation of "wisely", although it denotes merely "intentionally" and "deliberately."
- I could think of two separate occasions when she had deliberately lied to me.
- The lushness of the jungle impeded travel; it seemed plants deliberately tried to slow us down.
Forms of deliberately
| comparative | more deliberately |
|---|---|
| superlative | most deliberately |
Origin of deliberately
From deliberate + -ly.
Questions about deliberately
- What does deliberately mean?
- Deliberately means intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.
- What is deliberately in Hindi?
- Deliberately in Hindi is जानबूझकर (jānbūjhkar). See Deliberately meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is deliberately?
- Deliberately is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce deliberately?
- Deliberately is pronounced /dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət.li/.
Words near deliberately in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: deliberately (page history and authors); deliberately (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deliberately (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deliberately (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deliberately (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಉದ್ದೇಶಪೂರ್ವಕ (Kannada) (page history and authors); જાણીજોઈને (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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