as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing
deliberately chose to break the rules
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Recent Examples of deliberately
The casting deliberately spans India’s entertainment spectrum, mixing familiar television personalities like Arjun Bijlani and Kiku Sharda with digital stars like Dhanashree Verma and bold personalities like Kubbra Sait.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Undergraduate institutions have long promised America’s young people opportunities to learn in cloistered conditions that are deliberately curated, anachronistic, and unrepresentative of work and life outside the quad.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
Dr Charlotte Wright, first author at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, said the team deliberately chose to study the species.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Polish officials said Russia deliberately targeted NATO territory, pointing out the scale, at least 19 drones, was the largest incursion by far since the war started.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 11 Sep. 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Undergraduate institutions have long promised America’s young people opportunities to learn in cloistered conditions that are deliberately curated, anachronistic, and unrepresentative of work and life outside the quad.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
Dr Charlotte Wright, first author at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, said the team deliberately chose to study the species.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Polish officials said Russia deliberately targeted NATO territory, pointing out the scale, at least 19 drones, was the largest incursion by far since the war started.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliberately
Adverb
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Giants pitcher Justin Verlander, who had just allowed four straight batters to hit the ball at least 97 MPH, intentionally walked Shohei Ohtani.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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With a base open, Melvin elected to intentionally walk one MVP in Shohei Ohtani to get to another MVP in Betts.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Mannequin Skin Hair may have gone big this season, but skin went simple, and purposely so.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
16 Sep. 2025
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Edges and hems were purposely left romantically unfinished and raw, with bodices falling off to reveal the construction underneath or skirt panels hanging asymmetrically exposing multiple layers.—
Blue Carreon,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Deliberately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliberately. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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