premeditatedly

Example Sentences

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In charging Ryan with “depraved heart” second-degree murder, authorities did not assert that Ryan premeditatedly killed Harris.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2022

The simplicity with which William went about reclaiming him as a part of the preparation for the coming revival seemed to me almost too premeditatedly spiritual.

From A Circuit Rider's Wife by Harris, Corra

How long she had been awake he could only conjecture, but evidently her patience had at last been exhausted, and she had set about premeditatedly to arouse him.

From Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life by Beard, Harry

I come premeditatedly to commit an act of mutiny: I give myself up as a prisoner: I desire to be tried by a court-martial.

From Rattlin the Reefer by Marryat, Frederick

The day, however, passed off tolerably well for people who are expected to be premeditatedly happy, and when, in their hearts, they are really more disposed to weep than to laugh.

From Precaution by Cooper, James Fenimore