Deliberately
Deliberately adverb - With full awareness of what one is doing.
Severely and deliberately are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Severely" instead an adverb "Deliberately".
Severely
Severely adverb - In a manner so as to cause loss or suffering.
Deliberately and severely are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deliberately" instead an adverb "Severely".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Subverted in Claymore when Clare, to throw the insane Ophelia off her trail, deliberately gets herself severely wounded and knocked off a cliff into a rushing river.
Source: No-One Could Survive That -
A sidequest in Downpour reveals that a woman indirectly but deliberately caused her severely autistic daughter to drown.
Source: Franchise / Silent Hill - Majestic, the Wild CA Ts, and the Engineer, all of whom were also guilty of severely underestimating Cap, to the point where the Wild CA Ts deliberately attacked one at a time, as if it were a game.
Source: Underestimating Badassery
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