To deliberate means to carefully think or talk something through it also means slow and measured, the pace of this kind of careful decision making. If you chose deliberately, you make a very conscious, well thought through choice.
Weighing facts and arguments with a view a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons;
Verb
discuss the pros and cons of an issue
Verb
think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"
Adjective S.
with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed"
Adjective S.
by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time"
Adjective
produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation; "a studied smile"; "a note of biting irony and studied insult"- V.L.Parrington
Adjective S.
carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony"
Adjective S.
marked by careful consideration or reflection; "a deliberate decision"
a.
Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or
decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step;
circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons; as, a
deliberate judge or counselor.
a.
Formed with deliberation; well-advised; carefully
considered; not sudden or rash; as, a deliberate opinion; a deliberate
measure or result.
a.
Not hasty or sudden; slow.
v. t.
To weigh in the mind; to consider the reasons for
and against; to consider maturely; to reflect upon; to ponder; as, to
deliberate a question.
v. i.
To take counsel with one's self; to weigh the
arguments for and against a proposed course of action; to reflect; to
consider; to hesitate in deciding; -- sometimes with on, upon, about,
concerning.
Deliberate
Settled visage and deliberate word.3.
His enunciation was so deliberate.
Deliberate
Deliberate
The woman the deliberation is lost.
Weighing facts and arguments with a view a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons;
To weigh in the mind; to consider the reasons for and against; to consider maturely; to reflect upon; to ponder;
To take counsel with one's self; to weigh the arguments for and against a proposed course of action; to reflect; to consider; to hesitate in deciding; -- sometimes with on, upon, concerning.
Usage Examples
I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a deliberate flaw in their work: human creation is never perfect.
One reason we resist making deliberate choices is that choice equals change and most of us, feeling the world is unpredictable enough, try to minimise the trauma of change in our personal lives.
Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.
The Rooneys are very classy. They're very deliberate with their decision-making. Once you're part of that family, Steeler nation, they treat you with respect. You don't have a lot of rambunctious players running around.
Leaders at the highest levels of our government are undertaking a deliberate and systematic effort to redefine our government, our economy and our country.
The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.
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Other Usage ExamplesI am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
It is my deliberate opinion that the one essential requisite of human welfare in all ways is scientific knowledge of human nature.
To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.
I am one of those scientists who feels that it is no longer enough just to get on and do science. We have to devote a significant proportion of our time and resources to defending it from deliberate attack from organised ignorance.
This means that to entrust to science - or to deliberate control according to scientific principles - more than scientific method can achieve may have deplorable effects.
The American fascists are most easily recognized by their deliberate perversion of truth and fact. Their newspapers and propaganda carefully cultivate every fissure of disunity, every crack in the common front against fascism.
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