Deliberating
[di'libəritɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deliberate
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Examples
- I dined, myself, while those numskulls were deliberating which world you should belong to--this, or some other. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Here, leaning over the banister, I cried out suddenly, and without at all deliberating on my words-- They are not fit to associate with me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I am very well,' replied Mr Merdle, after deliberating about it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Well, said he, in a deliberating manner, for five minutes, perhaps. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The night following this affairI was to go the next morningwas spent by me in deliberating on what my future conduct should be. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
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