deliberately

English

Etymology

deliberate +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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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, harkitusti (fi), tarkoituksella (fi), tarkoituksellisesti (fi)
• French: exprès (fr)
• Galician: deliberadamente (gl)
• German: mit Absicht, absichtlich (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)
• Scottish Gaelic: a dh'aon ghnothach
• Spanish: deliberadamente (es)
• Telugu: కావాలని ‎(kāvālani), ఉద్దేశపూర్వకంగా ‎(uddēśapūrvakaṃgā)
• 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
• 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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• French: ^{(please verify)} délibérément
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} intenzionalmente, ^{(please verify)} espressamente
• Norman: ^{(please verify)} délibéthêment (Jersey)

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} deliberadamente
• Yiddish: ^{(please verify)} דווקא ‎(dafke)