DELIBERATELY Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

deliberately

adverb

di-ˈli-bə-rət-lē

Definition of deliberately

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 Set those boundaries deliberately, not by inheriting a vendor’s default configuration. — Heather Bassett, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 The 22-dish menu runs nearly three hours and is deliberately less intense than Anand's Thailand flagship, with a page of house rules on phone use and smoke breaks handed out before the welcome drink. — Karina Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026 Its interest in new voices did not require creators to compromise or deliberately internationalize their material. — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026 High-trust, high-functioning organizations deliberately slow down at critical moments. — Stephanie Kramer, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for deliberately

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The center’s name intentionally evokes both scale and possibility.

— Sarah Belmont for ArtNews, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026
The commission would have to hold three public hearings and could not make changes that intentionally favor a political party or unnecessarily divide communities.

— Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of intentionally

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While the citations described dangerous driving, the murder charges will require the prosecution to prove that Battiloro purposely caused the deaths, Bramnick said.

— Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Ryu knows the real truth about Ken but keeps it to himself and has become a loner, a man purposely hiding from his past cooking up a new identity in the food world.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

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