deliberately

[ dih-lib-er-it-lee ]

adverb

on purpose; with clear intent: Is this just bad journalism, or an attempt to deliberately mislead the public?
with careful thought or consideration: The board is committed to moving deliberately on this important initiative.

in a calm and unhurried way: He was careful to move slowly and deliberately so as not to scare them off.

Origin of deliberately

He alleges that a third boy, aged 10 or 11, was deliberately hit by a car and killed by a member of the pedophile network in 1979.
Victim: I Watched British MPs Rape and Murder Young Boys | Nico Hines | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Patrons eat their cannoli slowly and deliberately, dabbing the powdered sugar on their plates with licked fingers.
De Robertis, a New York Great, Bids Farewell | Lizzie Crocker | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Nonetheless, Turing killed himself on June 7, 1954, in a deliberately prepared way, by eating a cyanide-laced apple.
The Castration of Alan Turing, Britain’s Code-Breaking WWII Hero | Clive Irving | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He refused to be drawn on whether the authors might be guilty of a deliberately deception.
Is ‘The Lost Gospel’ Book a Fraud? | Nico Hines | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Second, penalties need to be increased for lying or deliberately withholding relevant requested information from Congress.
George W. Bush’s Puzzling WMD Coverup | Rick Santorum, Pete Hoekstra | October 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

But that she could calmly tell him about it, that she could deliberately describe this effect upon her of another man—!
The Wave | Algernon Blackwood
He had come down after the wagon load, which had to be pitched on again rather more deliberately.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | Various
Now, after a weary march and a protracted fight in the burning sun, some of the men deliberately lay down to die.
The Red Year | Louis Tracy
It was a crisis engendered deliberately by men of evil purpose, public enemies well known and often named.
The Eve of the Revolution | Carl Becker
But she could easily believe that Belle had deliberately entangled Darry in this thing.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret Penrose

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