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A rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
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deliberateness
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry [syn: slowness , deliberation , unhurriedness ] the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision; "he was a man of judicial deliberation" [syn: deliberation ]
Wiktionary
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n. the state or property of being deliberate
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Deliberateness \De*lib"er*ate*ness\, n. The quality of being deliberate; calm consideration; circumspection.
Usage examples of deliberateness.
He caught the bridle and with calm deliberateness turned the horse the opposite way round until it faced directly the distant smoke from the evictees encampment.
The progress of all species of beche-de-mer is sedate and cautious, and this, probably the longest and the weakest and limpest of all, surpasses the race in deliberateness.
You will come in whatever haste or deliberateness Elder Ing adjudges proper.
He sensed the deliberateness of that annoying sound, reading the way he'd been trained in the Underground the subtle betrayals in Svengaard's manner.
He sensed the deliberateness of that annoying sound, reading the way he'd been trained in the Underground the subtle betrayals in Svengaard's manner.
And another curious thing, Bartley," Wilson spoke with deliberateness and settled deeper into his chair, "is that I don't feel it any longer.
His motions and even his vocal sounds showed a restraint and deliberateness highly peculiar in an infant, and no one was really unprepared when, at seven months, he began to walk unassisted, with falterings which another month was sufficient to remove.
It was as if I was hypnotized by what was happening, by the consciousness of it - the deliberateness of it.