deliberateness

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de·lib·er·ate

(dĭ-lĭb′ər-ĭt)

adj.

1. Done with or marked by full consciousness of the nature and effects; intentional: mistook the oversight for a deliberate insult.

2. Arising from or marked by careful consideration: a deliberate decision. See Synonyms at voluntary.

3. Unhurried and careful: moved at a deliberate pace.

v. (-ə-rāt′) de·lib·er·at·ed, de·lib·er·at·ing, de·lib·er·ates

v.intr.

1. To think carefully and often slowly, as about a choice to be made.

2. To consult with another or others in a process of reaching a decision.

v.tr.

To consider (a matter) carefully and often slowly, as by weighing alternatives.

[Latin dēlīberātus, past participle of dēlīberāre, to consider, weigh : dē-, de- + lībrāre, to balance (from lībra, a balance, scales).]

de·lib′er·ate·ly adv.

de·lib′er·ate·ness n.

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Noun	1.	deliberateness - a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry unhurriedness, slowness, deliberation pace, rate - the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" leisureliness - slowness by virtue of being leisurely dilatoriness, procrastination - slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it
	2.	deliberateness - the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision; "he was a man of judicial deliberation" deliberation thoughtfulness - the trait of thinking carefully before acting intentionality - expressive of intentions

Translations

сознательность

deliberateness

(= intentional nature) → Absichtlichkeit f

(= thoughtfulness, cautiousness) → Besonnenheit f; (of action) → Überlegtheit f; (= slowness) → Bedächtigkeit f

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His manner at these moments was frigid and abstract; his eyes were vacant in expression; while his voice, usually a rich tenor, rose into a treble which would have sounded petulantly but for the deliberateness and entire distinctness of the enunciation.