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: عمداً (3úmdan)
• 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, tarkoituksella (fi), tarkoitukselisesti
• French: exprès (fr)
• German: mit Absicht, absichtlich (de)
• 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
• Russian: намеренно (ru) (namérenno), сознательно (ru) (soznátel'no), нарочно (ru) (naróšno)
• Scottish Gaelic: a dh’aon ghnothach
• Spanish: deliberadamente (es)
• Telugu: కావాలని (kaavaalani), ఉద్దేశపూర్వకంగా (uddESapoorvakamgaa)
• Ukrainian: навмисно (uk) (navmysno), свідо́мо (uk) (svidomo), нароком (narokom), умисно (umysno), зумисно (zumysno), наро́шнe (naroshne), зна́рошнe (znaroshne), нарочи́то (narochyto), зна́рошна (znaroshna), назна́ро́шне (naznaroshne), назна́рошки (naznaroshky)

slowly and carefully

• Catalan: prudentment
• Danish: langsomt, roligt, sindigt
• Finnish: verkkaisesti, verkkaan
• Icelandic: yfirvegað, rólega
• Japanese: じっくり (jikkuri)
• Portuguese: deliberadamente

• Russian: медленно (ru) (medlenno)
• Spanish: deliberadamente (es)
• Ukrainian: пово́лі (povoli), пові́льно (povilno), зва́гом (zvahom), прокво́листо (prokvolysto), несква́пно (neskvapno), неквапливо (nekvaplyvo), виважено (vyvazheno)

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• French: délibérément
• Italian: intenzionalmente, espressamente
• Jèrriais: délibéthêment

• Spanish: deliberadamente
• Yiddish: דווקא (dafke)