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
She writes, as your Lordship has read, 'That, in endeavouring to save a drowning wretch, she had been, not accidentally, but premeditatedly, and of set purpose, drawn in after him.'
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 by Samuel Richardson
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 James Fenimore Cooper
Gwendolen could dare nothing except an impulsive action—least of all could she dare premeditatedly a vague future in which the only certain condition was indignity.
From Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
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 Corra Harris
