deliberately

English

Etymology

deliberate +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈlɪb(ə)ɹətli/, /dəˈlɪb(ə)ɹətli/
• Hyphenation: de‧lib‧er‧ate‧ly

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Adverb

deliberately (comparative more deliberately, superlative most deliberately)

1. Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.

   He deliberately broke that, didn't he?

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

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

Related terms

• on purpose

Translations

intentionally

• Arabic: عُمْداً‎‎ (ʿumdan)
• Catalan: deliberadament (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 故意的 (zh) (gùyì-de)

• Danish: bevidst, med vilje
• Dutch: bewust (nl), expres (nl), opzettelijk (nl), met opzet
• Finnish: tahallaan (fi), harkitusti (fi), tarkoituksella (fi), tarkoituksellisesti (fi)
• French: exprès (fr)
• Galician: deliberadamente (gl)
• German: mit Absicht, absichtlich (de), vorsätzlich (de)
• Greek: επίτηδες (el) (epítides)
• Hebrew: בכוונה‎‎ (be'khavana)

• Hungarian: szándékosan (hu)
• Icelandic: viljandi, vísvitandi, af ásettu ráði, af yfirlögðu ráði
• Italian: intenzionalmente (it), deliberatamente (it), per partito preso
• Japanese: 故意に (ja) (こいに, koi-ni), わざと (ja) (wazato)
• Portuguese: deliberadamente
• Romanian: deliberat (ro), intenționat (ro)
• Russian: наме́ренно (ru) (namérenno), созна́тельно (ru) (soznátelʹno), наро́чно (ru) (naróčno), умы́шленно (ru) (umýshlenno)
• Scottish Gaelic: a dh'aon ghnothach
• Spanish: deliberadamente (es)
• Telugu: కావాలని (kāvālani), ఉద్దేశపూర్వకంగా (uddēśapūrvakaṅgā)
• Thai: เจตนา (th) (jèet-dtà-naa)
• Ukrainian: навмисно (uk) (navmysno), свідо́мо (uk) (svidómo), нароком (narokom), умисно (umysno), зумисно (zumysno), наро́шнe (naróšne), зна́рошнe (znárošne), нарочи́то (naročýto), зна́рошна (znárošna), назна́ро́шне (naznáróšne), назна́рошки (naznárošky)

slowly and carefully

• Catalan: prudentment
• Danish: langsomt, roligt, sindigt
• Finnish: verkkaisesti (fi), verkkaan
• German: vorsichtig (de)
• Icelandic: yfirvegað, rólega

• Japanese: じっくり (jikkuri)
• Portuguese: deliberadamente
• Russian: ме́дленно (ru) (médlenno)
• Spanish: deliberadamente (es)
• Ukrainian: пово́лі (povóli), пові́льно (povílʹno), зва́гом (zváhom), прокво́листо (prokvólysto), несква́пно (neskvápno), неквапливо (nekvaplyvo), виважено (vyvaženo)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} délibérément (fr)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} intenzionalmente (it), ^{(please verify)} espressamente (it)

• Norman: ^{(please verify)} délibéthêment (Jersey)
• Yiddish: ^{(please verify)} דווקא‎‎ (dafke)