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# deliberately

«deliberately» in Mova's school dictionary: **On purpose; meaning to do it, not by accident** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (deliberately); adjective deliberate

### meaning for a pupil

1) On purpose; meaning to do it, not by accident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliberately/#m1)

2) Slowly and carefully (He spoke deliberately). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliberately/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, stories and fairness: «He broke it deliberately» or «by accident?» changes the blame. In sport: a deliberate foul. Formal synonym: intentionally.

### examples

- She deliberately left the door open for the cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliberately/#x1)
- He didn't break the vase deliberately; it was an accident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliberately/#x2)
- The player deliberately tripped his opponent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliberately/#x3)
- The teacher spoke slowly and deliberately. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliberately/#x4)
- Someone deliberately started the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliberately/#x5)
- I deliberately chose the hardest puzzle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliberately/#x6)
- Knowing this, the Indian deliberately steered the horse right above the city, in order that his revenge for his unjust imprisonment might be all the quicker and sweeter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliberately/#x7)

### note

Opposite: accidentally, by accident. Adjective: deliberate (dih-LIB-er-it); verb deliberate (dih-LIB-er-ate) means think carefully before deciding.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «deliberately» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliberately/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.