DELIBERATELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deliberately mean? 

• DELIBERATELY (adverb)
  The adverb DELIBERATELY has 2 senses:

1. with intention; in an intentional manner

2. in a deliberate unhurried manner

  Familiarity information: DELIBERATELY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DELIBERATELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With intention; in an intentional manner

Synonyms:

advisedly; by choice; by design; deliberately; designedly; intentionally; on purpose; purposely

Context example:

I did this by choice

Antonym:

accidentally (without advance planning)

accidentally (without intention; in an unintentional manner)

Pertainym:

deliberate (carefully thought out in advance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a deliberate unhurried manner

Synonyms:

deliberately; measuredly

Context example:

she was working deliberately

Pertainym:

deliberate (unhurried and with care and dignity)

 Context examples 

Then the man advanced and deliberately dealt him a frightful blow on the nose.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Whenever he steeled himself deliberately to think, he could see the desperate peril in which he stood.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Quite deliberately he determined to stay behind.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

As we passed it Holmes, to my unutterable astonishment, leaned over in front of me and deliberately knocked the whole thing over.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She deliberately held the candle close to his face and stared at him out of eyes wide with fear and recognition.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He tells me that the day we were rescued, even while I was in the cabin, two men were drowned, deliberately drowned—murdered.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Then he deliberately set himself down to prepare for the task.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It must be recorded of Amy that she deliberately prinked that night.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The abscesses contained Gram-negative bacteria, and when similar bacterial infections were deliberately induced in the CCM model animals, about half of them developed significant CCMs.

(Researchers connect brain blood vessel lesions to intestinal bacteria, NIH)

Well, my dear, he deliberately began, considering we never saw her before, she seems a very pretty sort of young lady; and I dare say she was very much pleased with you.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)