deliberately

English

Etymology

From deliberate +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈlɪb(ə)ɹətli/, /dəˈlɪb(ə)ɹətli/
• Hyphenation: de‧lib‧er‧ate‧ly

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Adverb

deliberately (comparative more deliberately, superlative most deliberately)

1. Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.

   He deliberately broke that, didn't he?

   • 2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?‎, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page :

     Major funding for this book was made possible by deliberately starving a family of four in Tennessee.

   • 2024 November 14, Lauren del Valle, “After suicide of nonbinary teen, DOE finds multiple Title IX violations at Oklahoma school district”, in CNN‎:

     “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.

2. Taking one's time, slowly and carefully.

   After being called upon, he strode deliberately up to the blackboard.

Related terms

• on purpose

Translations

intentionally

Arabic: عُمْداً (ʕumdan) Armenian: դիտմամբ (hy) (ditmamb) Bulgarian: умишлено (bg) (umišleno) Catalan: deliberadament (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 故意 (gu3 ji3), 特登 (yue) (dak6 dang1), 專登 / 专登 (yue) (zyun1 dang1) Hokkien: 刁工 (zh-min-nan) (thiau-kang) Mandarin: 故意 (zh) (gùyì), 蓄意 (zh) (xùyì), 有意 (zh) (yǒuyì), 刻意 (zh) (kèyì), 存心 (zh) (cúnxīn) Czech: záměrně (cs) Danish: bevidst, med vilje Dutch: bewust (nl), expres (nl), opzettelijk (nl), met opzet Finnish: tahallaan (fi), harkitusti (fi), tarkoituksella (fi), tarkoituksellisesti (fi) French: exprès (fr) Galician: deliberadamente (gl) German: mit Absicht, absichtlich (de), vorsätzlich (de) Greek: επίτηδες (el) (epítides) Hebrew: בכוונה (be'khavana) Hungarian: szándékosan (hu) Icelandic: viljandi (is), vísvitandi, af ásettu ráði, af yfirlögðu ráði Italian: intenzionalmente (it), deliberatamente (it), per partito preso Japanese: 故意に (ja) (こいに, koi-ni), わざと (ja) (wazato) Kazakh: әдейі (ädeiı) Latin: consultō Marathi: मुद्दाम (muddām) Ottoman Turkish: مخصوص (mahsus) Persian: عمداً (fa) ('amdan) Polish: celowo (pl), rozmyślnie (pl), umyślnie (pl) Portuguese: deliberadamente (pt) Romanian: deliberat (ro), intenționat (ro), dinadins (ro), înadins (ro) Russian: наме́ренно (ru) (namérenno), созна́тельно (ru) (soznátelʹno), наро́чно (ru) (naróčno), умы́шленно (ru) (umýšlenno) Scottish Gaelic: a dh'aon ghnothach Slovak: úmyselne, schválne, zámerne Slovene: namẹ̄noma Spanish: deliberadamente (es) Telugu: కావాలని (kāvālani), ఉద్దేశపూర్వకంగా (uddēśapūrvakaṅgā) Thai: เจตนา (th) (jèet-dtà-naa) Turkish: bile bile (tr) Ukrainian: навми́сно (uk) (navmýsno), свідо́мо (uk) (svidómo), нароком (narokom), уми́сно (umýsno), зуми́сно (zumýsno), наро́шне (naróšne), зна́рошне (znárošne), нарочи́то (naročýto), зна́рошна (znárošna), назна́рошне (naznárošne), назнаро́шне (naznaróšne), назна́рошки (naznárošky)

slowly and carefully

Catalan: prudentment (ca) Danish: langsomt, roligt, sindigt Finnish: verkkaisesti (fi), verkkaan German: bedächtig (de), vorsichtig (de) Icelandic: yfirvegað, rólega Japanese: じっくり (ja) (jikkuri) Polish: uważnie (pl) Portuguese: deliberadamente (pt) Russian: ме́дленно (ru) (médlenno) Slovak: rozvážne Spanish: deliberadamente (es), concienzudamente (es) Ukrainian: пово́лі (povóli), пові́льно (povílʹno), зва́гом (zváhom), прокво́листо (prokvólysto), несква́пно (neskvápno), неквапли́во (nekvaplývo), ви́важено (vývaženo)

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French: (please verify) délibérément (fr) Italian: (please verify) intenzionalmente (it), (please verify) espressamente (it) Norman: (please verify) délibéthêment (Jersey) Yiddish: (please verify) דווקא (dafke)