adj. 25B6; adjective
a deliberate attempt to provoke him : INTENTIONAL, calculated, conscious, intended, planned, studied, knowing, wilful, wanton, purposeful, purposive, premeditated, pre-planned; voluntary, volitional; Law, dated prepense.
small, deliberate steps : CAREFUL, cautious; measured, regular, even, steady.
a deliberate worker : METHODICAL, systematic, careful, painstaking, meticulous, thorough.
accidental, hasty, careless.
25B6; verb she deliberated on his words : THINK ABOUT/OVER, ponder, consider, contemplate, reflect on, muse on, meditate on, ruminate on, mull over, give thought to, weigh up; brood over, dwell on; N. Amer. think on.