In his later years, his provocative comments often seemed deliberately at odds with official policy.

He seems deliberately to leave interpretation to the audience.

Without taking its attention from the body of the court, and seeming deliberately to avoid looking at the accused, the fleet commander paused briefly.

"It almost seems deliberately to have violated every zoning regulation," he said.

"I'm sorry," Mark was saying; he seemed deliberately to calm down.

The film seems deliberately to avoid looking at Ms. Wilson's professional life.

He had made no attempt to kiss her again - in fact, he seemed deliberately to avoid getting too close to her at all.

She got in, seeming rather deliberately to show him a lot of leg.

This author's style is anti-polish, even to the point of deliberately seeming amateurish.

Whenever an occasion for this occurs, the author seems deliberately to avoid exploiting it.