deliberate

Definitions

Done consciously and intentionally.

To engage in long and careful consideration.

Slow and unhurried in action or movement.

Examples

The committee made a deliberate decision to postpone the meeting until next week.

His movements were slow and deliberate as he carefully assembled the delicate model.

It was a deliberate attempt to mislead the public about the company's financial status.

Synonyms

intentional planned calculated premeditated purposeful conscious studied

Antonyms

accidental unintentional impulsive hasty spontaneous inadvertent thoughtless