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Answer for the clue "On purpose ", 12 letters:
deliberately

Word definitions for deliberately in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Deliberately \De*lib"er*ate*ly\, adv. With careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; warily; not hastily or rashly; slowly; as, a purpose deliberately formed.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. 1 intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally. 2 Taking one's time, slowly and carefully.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES deliberately exaggerated (= in a way that is intended or planned ) ▪ She blinked twice in a deliberately exaggerated gesture of surprise. deliberately provocative ▪ She was accused of being deliberately provocative ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adv. with intention; in an intentional manner; "he used that word intentionally"; "I did this by choice" [syn: intentionally , designedly , on purpose , purposely , advisedly , by choice , by design ] [ant: by chance , unintentionally , unintentionally ...

Usage examples of deliberately.

Inhaling a ragged, brutal breath, using every ounce of will bred into him by the harsh, Absarokee tradition, Hazard crushed down the overwhelming emotions driving him to take this woman and very deliberately pulled her arms from around his neck and stepped away from her.

Elwyn might not hurt him deliberately, but it was at least even money that she would drop him, or forget him in some inconvenient place, or absentmindedly lead him into a Chaotic Zone if she could find one.

Convinced that Adams was deliberately withholding information favorable to the French, Republicans in and out of Congress began insisting that the documents be made available at once.

Taking into account that Colton Wyndham was no addlebrained nitwit, Adriana had no recourse but to believe he had deliberately dismissed her earlier suggestion.

Not deliberately, at any rate, and in this company the likelihood of lice was slight compared to the sort of places in which poverty had forced Adele to eat and sleep for many years.

He deliberately avoided looking at Lord Anda as his guards--Lord Rosen had turned the duty over to a Blaise regular--hustled him through the doorway.

And deliberately he concentrated on the antiestablishment, kill-the-Man rhetoric on the radio.

Hugh Calveley returned with an arbalist, which he proceeded deliberately to arm in view of the crowd, and then placed a quarrel within it.

Highton discourse, Kaliga had deliberately given a direct answer, a great insult among Aristos, but he assumed Jai had neither the savvy nor intelligence to know.

Jase now knows the image they were shown belowdecks was completely, deliberately falsified.

Wickedly and deliberately Janet drew him into the Beltane fires, then slid away herself for a few words with the patriarch.

Later on, though, active biomineralization emerged: crystal structures deliberately precipitated by cellular activity.

Deliberately Kane stalked toward them, fist extended so that all could behold the bloodstone ring.

As he confronted Marlowe, he swept back the cape in a deliberately dramatic gesture, revealing a black vinyl bodysuit that left his arms bare.

Deliberately he opened a drawer, dropped the bag of buns inside, shut it.