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“deliberately” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

deliberately
considerate (opposed to inconsiderate) caute (opposed to incaute): circumspecte (opposed to temere et nullo consilio): consulto (☞ consulte is pre- and post-classical); cogitato, or cogitate; consilio; judicio (opposed to inconsiderate; inconsulto, or inconsulte; sine consilio; sine judicio); caute or circumspectius (opposed to incaute; temere; imprudenter; temere atque imprudenter): de industria: data or dedita opera (of deliberate purpose): voluntate et judicio (Cic., Tusc., 3, 28, 66; by a deliberate act of the will): to do anything deliberately, consulto et cogitatum facio aliquid; aliquid prudens sciensque facio: a method deliberately chosen, deliberata ac provisa via (e.g., vivendi, Cic.): a word deliberately chosen, verbum meditatum, cogitatum (Cic.); a wrong deliberately committed, injuria, quae consulto et cogitata fit (Cic.), or quae meditata et praeparata infertur (Cic.).
Slowly (Vid :), lente: cunctanter; not deliberately and wisely, non delectu aliquo aut sapientia (Cic.).

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What is the Latin word for deliberately?
The usual Latin words for “deliberately” are circumspiciō, cōnsulō, cōgitō; also cōnsilium, iūdicium, cautus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.