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deliberately

adv
/dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət.li/

Etymology

From deliberate + -ly.

  1. borrowed from dēlīberātus
  2. inherited from deliberat
  3. formed as deliberately — “deliberate + -ly”

Definitions

  1. Intentionally, or after deliberation

    Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.

    • He deliberately broke that, didn't he?
    • Major funding for this book was made possible by deliberately starving a family of four in Tennessee.

  2. Taking one's time, slowly and carefully.

    • After being called upon, he strode deliberately up to the blackboard.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at deliberately. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at deliberately. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at deliberately

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA