- done in a way that was planned, not by chance synonym intentionally, on purpose
- She's been deliberately ignoring him all day.
- an ad campaign that deliberately targets children
- She was accused of deliberately misleading Parliament.
- to deliberately withhold/conceal information
- The fire had been started deliberately.
- Her tone was deliberately insulting.
Extra Examples- I suspected that he was being deliberately ambiguous.
- She described how he quite deliberately tried to entice the two children away.
- He deliberately chose to cast unknown actors.
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- slowly and carefully
- He packed up his possessions slowly and deliberately.
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