deliberately

English

Etymology

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)

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.
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)
Catalan: deliberadament (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 故意 (gu³ ji³), 特登 (yue) (dak⁶ dang¹), 專登／专登 (yue) (zyun¹ dang¹)

Mandarin: 故意 (zh) (gùyì), 蓄意 (zh) (xùyì), 有意 (zh) (yǒuyì), 刻意 (zh) (kèyì), 存心 (zh) (cúnxīn)
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, 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)
Persian: عمداً (fa) ('amdan)
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
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)
Portuguese: deliberadamente (pt)
Russian: ме́дленно (ru) (médlenno)
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)

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