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deliberately

/dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət.li/ adverb B2
  1. Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally. · He deliberately broke that, didn't he?
  2. Taking one's time, slowly and carefully. · After being called upon, he strode deliberately up to the blackboard.
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When on the top of this I am able to show that the blood mark on the windowsill was deliberately placed there by Barker, in order to give a false clue to the police, you will admit that the case grows dark against him.
The Valley of Fear, p. 67 · C1
“Is it not extraordinary that a burglar—and a burglar who had had some previous experience—should deliberately break into a house at a time when he could see from the lights that two of the family were still afoot?”
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 41 · B2
As we passed it Holmes, to my unutterable astonishment, leaned over in front of me and deliberately knocked the whole thing over.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 44 · B2
He must have stayed in the room some little time after the murder, for we found blood-stained water in the basin, where he had washed his hands, and marks on the sheets where he had deliberately wiped his knife.”
A Study in Scarlet, p. 69 · B2

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