Adjective

(en adjective)

Significant; worth considering.

Large in amount.

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* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

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Adjective

(en adjective)

Done on purpose; intentional.

Tripping me was deliberate action.

Of a person, weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining.

The jury took eight hours to come to its deliberate verdict.

Formed with deliberation; well-advised; carefully considered; not sudden or rash.

a deliberate''' opinion; a '''deliberate measure or result

* Shakespeare

settled visage and deliberate word

Not hasty or sudden; slow.

* W. Wirt

His enunciation was so deliberate .