deliberately
/dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət.li/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.
adv
Taking one's time, slowly and carefully.
Example Sentences
- "He deliberately broke that, didn't he?"
- "Major funding for this book was made possible by deliberately starving a family of four in Tennessee."
- "“As a result, OCR found that the district’s pattern of inconsistent responses to reports it received of sexual harassment – infrequently responding under Title IX or not responding at all – rose to the level that the district’s response to some families’ sexual harassment reports was deliberately indifferent to students’ civil rights,” a news release from DOE reads."
- "After being called upon, he strode deliberately up to the blackboard."
Etymology
Etymology tree English deliberate Middle English -ly English -ly English deliberately From deliberate + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more deliberately (comparative)
most deliberately (superlative)