DELIBERATE, DELIBERATELY
ADJECTIVES
► ADVERTENT intentional, deliberate; conscious → 1832
► ADVISED deliberate, cautious, wary, judicious → 1475 obs.
ADVERBS
► ADVISEDLY with full or calm consideration; deliberately, leisurely → 1483 obs.
► A-PURPOSE on purpose, deliberately, intentionally → 1816 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► EASILY without hurry, slowly; deliberately, gradually; also, calmly, quietly → 1384 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
PHRASES
► ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE deliberate, but meant to look like an accident → M19 sl.
VERBS
► CAST to revolve in one’s mind, to debate with oneself, to consider, to ponder, to deliberate → a1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► FEAGUE AWAY to consider, to deliberate → 1672 obs.
► HAMMER to devise plans laboriously; to ‘cudgel one’s brains; to debate or deliberate earnestly → 1591 obs.
► TAKE ADVISEMENT to take thought, to consider or deliberate; to take counsel, to consult; hence, to decide, to resolve → 1375 obs.