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deliberately

 adverb
     
de‧lib‧er‧ate‧ly S3 W3
1 done in a way that is intended or planned [= on purpose, intentionally]:
He deliberately upset her.
2 done or said in a slow careful way:
He shook his head slowly and deliberately.
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