deliberate
IPA: dɪɫˈɪbɝʌt
verb
- (transitive) To consider carefully; to weigh well in the mind.
- (intransitive) To consider the reasons for and against anything; to reflect.
adjective
- Done on purpose; intentional.
- Formed with deliberation; carefully considered; not sudden or rash.
- Of a person, weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; slow in determining.
- Not hasty or sudden; slow.
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Examples of "deliberate" in Sentences
- The red link in the summary was not deliberate.
- Leaving the matter in the preamble was deliberate.
- The chronology of the albums is deliberately murky.
- The center of the keystone is deliberately weakened.
- The translation is deliberately close to the original.
- Artifice is the result of a deliberate intent to make.
- It is a mixture of the serious and the silly, deliberately.
- It is deliberately obfuscated in the documents referred to.
- A Steinkirk was a type of cravat designed to be worn in deliberate disarray.
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