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Deliberate and deliberately

deliberate

adjective

intended, not done by chance or by accident

deliberately

adverb

with a definite intention, not by chance or by accident

intended

adjective

an intended target, victim, etc. is the one that an action is aimed at or trying to reach

calculated

adjective

done deliberately in order to have a particular effect

knowingly

adverb

if you do something knowingly, you do it deliberately even though you know that what you are doing is wrong or illegal

conscious

adjective

done deliberately by someone who knows what the effect will be

consciously

adverb

in a deliberate way

calculated to do something

deliberately intended to have a particular result

on purpose

deliberately

by design

deliberately

caxirola

a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken

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