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John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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noun

A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.

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deliberately

Part of SpeechadverbPronunciation/dəˈlɪb(ə)ɹətli/Used In Literature ↓

Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.

In a Sentence

He deliberately broke that, didn't he?

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. deliberatelyset deliberatelychosen deliberatelymade deliberatelyavoided deliberatelydesigned deliberately
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Poetry examples for deliberately

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‘Gray, having first of all put down the names of three Romans as illustrations of his

meaning, afterwards deliberately struck them out and put the names of three Englishmen

instead. This is a sign ofa change in the taste of the age, a change with which Gray

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follows, and sits at the other end. This is done slowly and

deliberately. When they are seated they take money out of

embroidered purses at their girdles and begin arranging it on the

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