Deliberately

Examples

• He put them, one by one, in the breast of his inner coat, counted out the money for them, and deliberately left the shop. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• With a difference, my dear Sir; with a difference,' rejoined Perker, deliberately folding up the paper and putting it into his pocket again. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• As its eyes met Clayton's it stopped, and deliberately, cautiously gathered its hind quarters behind it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• It was well he did so; for Mr. Legree, having refitted Tom's handcuffs, proceeded deliberately to investigate the contents of his pockets. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He deliberately scrutinised each sketch and painting. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• It must be recorded of Amy that she deliberately prinked that night. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The narrow, darkened structure of the ancient temples seems to be deliberately planned for such an effect. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The publisher is getting rich very deliberately--very deliberately indeed. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Others were hypocrites and deliberately meant to deceive. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Germania was deliberately intoxicated, she was systematically kept drunk, with this sort of patriotic rhetoric. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I acquire deliberately both knowledge and liking. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• One of the best-known Neanderthal skeletons is that of a youth who apparently had been deliberately interred. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Then, rather less deliberately, some feet or some inches every year, the ice came on. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But they deliberately chose mediocrities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He looked at her quite deliberately and then he looked across the table at Robert Jordan. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• He was deliberately cocking his pistol, and, in the momentary silence that followed George's speech, he fired at him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• As we passed it Holmes, to my unutterable astonishment, leaned over in front of me and deliberately knocked the whole thing over. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The eye-glass came up as calmly, as deliberately as ever. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Yet how could he think her capable of deliberately wishing to renew their assignations now? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• And, to the utter amazement of the assembled family, Beth walked deliberately down the garden, through the hedge, and in at the Laurences' door. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He would have to make himself touch her, deliberately. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I can tell you, George, replies the ironmaster deliberately, how it is not to be brought about, which I hope may answer the purpose as well. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• You deliberately advise me not to go up to Soho and offer myself--_my_self, Stryver of the King's Bench bar? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• It is the nature of a readjusting of habit to involve an effort which is disagreeable--something to which a man has deliberately to hold himself. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Thomas's dispositions were deliberately made, and always good. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• You don't dare shoot me even then, and he deliberately turned his back full upon the sailor and walked nonchalantly away as if to put him to the test. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Martin quietly assumed his cloak, comforter, and cap, and deliberately went out. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mr. Bucket stops and deliberately repeats, Ought to have been her husband, not a doubt about it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• With two ladies in the coach, this scoundrel has deliberately delayed his arrival six and twenty minutes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• There is no new movement now, without the breaking through of the old body, deliberately, in knowledge, in the struggle to get out. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

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