Dictionary

deliberately en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət.li/
• (US) audio
• /dəˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət.li/

Etymology

Etymology tree English deliberate Middle English -ly English -ly English deliberately From deliberate + -ly.

Meanings

1. Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.
   • He deliberately broke that, didn't he?
   • “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. 2024 November 14, Lauren del Valle, “After suicide of nonbinary teen, DOE finds multiple Title IX violations at Oklahoma school district”, in CNN:
   • 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/:
2. Taking one's time, slowly and carefully.
   • After being called upon, he strode deliberately up to the blackboard.

Forms

Relateds

on purpose

Translations (108)

la consultō (intentionally) · uk пові́льно (slowly and carefully) · ru умы́шленно (intentionally) · ro dinadins (intentionally) · kk әдейі (intentionally) · pl uważnie (slowly and carefully) · yue 專登 /专登 (intentionally) · uk зуми́сно (intentionally) · sk zámerne (intentionally) · bg умишлено (intentionally) · da bevidst (intentionally) · te కావాలని (intentionally) · is af ásettu ráði (intentionally) · es deliberadamente (intentionally) · te ఉద్దేశపూర్వకంగా (intentionally) · hi जानबूझकर (intentionally) · is yfirvegað (slowly and carefully) · de absichtlich (intentionally) · cmn 存心 (intentionally) · ja 故意に (intentionally) · uk зна́рошна (intentionally) · hy դիտմամբ (intentionally) · tr kasıtlıca (intentionally) · fa عمداً (intentionally) · uk наро́шне (intentionally) · ca deliberadament (intentionally) · is vísvitandi (intentionally) · uk навми́сно (intentionally) · nan-hbl 刁工 (intentionally) · nl expres (intentionally) · uk прокво́листо (slowly and carefully) · uk пово́лі (slowly and carefully) · nl opzettelijk (intentionally) · uk неквапли́во (slowly and carefully) · ru созна́тельно (intentionally) · gd a dh'aon ghnothach (intentionally) · cmn 刻意 (intentionally) · ro înadins (intentionally) · ja じっくり (slowly and carefully) · sk schválne (intentionally) · pl celowo (intentionally) · da langsomt (slowly and carefully) · it deliberatamente (intentionally) · is af yfirlögðu ráði (intentionally) · de mit Absicht (intentionally) · el επίτηδες (intentionally) · de vorsätzlich (intentionally) · th เจตนา (intentionally) · es deliberadamente (slowly and carefully) · gl deliberadamente (intentionally) · yue 特登 (intentionally) · uk назна́рошки (intentionally) · uk нароком (intentionally) · uk зна́рошне (intentionally) · ca prudentment (slowly and carefully) · he בכוונה (intentionally) · fi tarkoituksellisesti (intentionally) · ro intenționat (intentionally) · uk несква́пно (slowly and carefully) · hu szándékosan (intentionally) · de bedächtig (slowly and carefully) · fi tarkoituksella (intentionally) · fi tahallaan (intentionally) · uk назна́рошне (intentionally) · ru наме́ренно (intentionally) · tr bile bile (intentionally) · it per partito preso (intentionally) · sl namẹ̄noma (intentionally) · de vorsichtig (slowly and carefully) · pt deliberadamente (intentionally) · es largo y tendido (slowly and carefully) · sk rozvážne (slowly and carefully) · pl rozmyślnie (intentionally) · da roligt (slowly and carefully) · uk свідо́мо (intentionally) · fi verkkaan (slowly and carefully) · yue 故意 (intentionally) · taa srexuneya (intentionally) · fi harkitusti (intentionally) · uk нарочи́то (intentionally) · fr exprès (intentionally) · uk зва́гом (slowly and carefully) · uk назнаро́шне (intentionally) · mr मुद्दाम (intentionally) · uk уми́сно (intentionally) · cmn 故意 (intentionally) · ro deliberat (intentionally) · uk ви́важено (slowly and carefully) · sk úmyselne (intentionally) · ota مخصوص (intentionally) · fi verkkaisesti (slowly and carefully) · ja わざと (intentionally) · pl umyślnie (intentionally) · cmn 有意 (intentionally) · it intenzionalmente (intentionally) · nl met opzet (intentionally) · nl bewust (intentionally) · is rólega (slowly and carefully) · da sindigt (slowly and carefully) · cs záměrně (intentionally) · tr kasten (intentionally) · ru наро́чно (intentionally) · is viljandi (intentionally) · cmn 蓄意 (intentionally) · ar عُمْداً (intentionally) · ru ме́дленно (slowly and carefully) · da med vilje (intentionally) · pt deliberadamente (slowly and carefully)