Deliberately
Deliberately adverb - With full awareness of what one is doing.
Usage example: deliberately chose to break the rules
Purposively and deliberately are semantically related in intentionally topic. In some cases you can use "Purposively" instead an adverb "Deliberately".
Purposively
Purposively adverb - With full awareness of what one is doing.
Usage example: the Federal Reserve purposively controls the supply of money in order to keep a lid on inflation
Deliberately and purposively are semantically related in intentionally topic. You can use "Deliberately" instead an adverb "Purposively".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- slowly and deliberately
- slowly and purposively
- intentionally and deliberately
- intentionally and purposively
- voluntarily and deliberately
- voluntarily and purposively
- knowingly and deliberately
- knowingly and purposively
- on purpose and deliberately
- on purpose and purposively
- with malice aforethought and deliberately
- with malice aforethought and purposively
- purposely and deliberately
- purposely and purposively
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