(deliberated)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance.
Witnesses say the firing was deliberate and sustained.
= intentional
ADJ
• deliberately
It looks as if the blaze was started deliberately...
Mr Christopher's answer was deliberately vague.
ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj
2.
If a movement or action is deliberate, it is done slowly and carefully.
...stepping with deliberate slowness up the steep paths.
ADJ
• deliberately
The Japanese have acted calmly and deliberately.
ADV: ADV after v
3.
If you deliberate, you think about something carefully, especially before making a very important decision.
She deliberated over the decision for a long time before she made up her mind...
The Court of Criminal Appeals has been deliberating his case for almost two weeks.
= ponder
VERB: V over/about n, V n