deliberateness
81cool — 1 chilly, *cold, frigid, freezing, frosty, gelid, icy, glacial, arctic Antonyms: warm 2 Cool, composed, collected, unruffled, imperturbable, unflappable, nonchalant are comparable when applied to persons, their manners, appearance, temper, or… …
82forethought — foresight, providence, discretion, *prudence Analogous words: premeditatedness or premeditation, deliberateness or deliberation (see corresponding verbs at DELIBERATE): wisdom, judgment, *sense, gumption …
83legerity — *celerity, alacrity Analogous words: nimbleness, agility, briskness, spryness (see corresponding adjectives at AGILE): swiftness, fleetness, rapidity (see corresponding adjectives at FAST): dexterity, ease, *readiness, facility: dispatch,… …
84secret — adj Secret, covert, stealthy, furtive, clandestine, surreptitious, underhand, underhanded are comparable when they mean done, carried on, operated, or accomplished so as not to attract attention or observation. Secret, the most general of these… …
85deliberation — n 1. excogitation, excogitating, consideration, advisement; speculation, speculating, taking to heart, pondering, musing, thoughtfulness, thinking over, weighing, revolving, review, reviewing, study, studying, scrutinization, scrutinizing,… …
86moderation — n 1. temperance, temperateness, moderateness, avoidance of extremes; restraint, self restraint, self control; refrainment, forbearance, desis tance; abstention, nonindulgence, abstemiousness, continence. 2. happy medium, golden mean, Latin, aurea …
87niceness — n 1. preciseness, precision, exactitude, mathematical exactitude, exactness; meticulousness, attention to detail, accuracy, criticalness, methodicalness; skill, skillfulness, control, technique; conscientiousness, care, infinite care, carefulness …
88prudence — n 1. caution, cautiousness, care, carefulness; sagacity, practical wisdom, good judgment, common sense, sense, Inf. horsesense; presence of mind, cool judgment, perspicacity, shrewdness, acumen, deliberateness, deliberation, consideration,… …
89deliberate — adjective /dəˈlɪbərət / (say duh libuhruht) 1. carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: *The government … cannot but take offence at such blatant and deliberate disregard of the facts. –aap news, 2000. 2. characterised by… …
90deliberate — ► ADJECTIVE 1) done consciously and intentionally. 2) careful and unhurried. ► VERB ▪ engage in long and careful consideration. DERIVATIVES deliberately adverb deliberateness noun. ORIGIN Latin …
