de ‧ lib ‧ er ‧ ate ‧ ly S3 /dɪˈlɪb ə rətli, dɪˈlɪb ə rɪtli/ BrE AmE adverb
1 . done in a way that is intended or planned:
He deliberately upset her.
2 . done or said in a slow careful way:
He shook his head slowly and deliberately.
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THESAURUS
▪ deliberately if you do something deliberately, you do it because you want to:
He upset her deliberately.
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I deliberately kept the letter short.
▪ on purpose especially spoken deliberately, especially in order to annoy someone or get an advantage for yourself:
I didn’t push her on purpose; it was an accident.
▪ intentionally deliberately, especially in order to have a particular result or effect:
Very few teenagers become pregnant intentionally.
▪ consciously /ˈkɒnʃəsli/ done after thinking carefully about what you are doing, especially because you know what the results of your actions might be:
Parents pass their values to their children, though not always consciously.
▪ knowingly if you knowingly do something wrong or illegal, you do it even though you know it is wrong:
FBI agents arrested Dillon for ‘knowingly making a false statement on a passport application’.