I'm sure that his deliberate intention with this was to make us get closer.

deliberate 是形容词，意思是"故意的、蓄意的"，指经过仔细考虑后有意为之的行为。这个词来自拉丁语 deliberatus，由 de-（完全）和 librare（权衡）组成，本义是"经过充分权衡的"。