calculatingly
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7.2
- adverb
- /ˈkæl.kjʊ.leɪ.tɪŋ.li/
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calculadoramente
- She calculated her moves calculatingly, ensuring she would be the last one standing in the competition.
Examples
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Are you so cynical as to think a woman would calculatingly use the death of her unborn baby to inspire sympathy for herself?
Blog text (30) -
He moves off, the kid's eyes move calculatingly around the room.
Fiction book (1995) -
I agree with Paul Collins that we are allowing ourselves to be calculatingly distracted by Obama's minions.
Blog text (8) -
Yet I could not comprehend how the woman I knew could be so calculatingly cruel, for hadn't Miss Elsworth praised my writing and given me
Fiction book (1996) -
"You had to order parts?" And it is patently clear that confronting me is a man who apparently has no idea why I am here or one who calculatingly employs diversionary tactics.
Fiction book (2002) -
It would not be beyond her capabilities to calculatingly pretend she was "well"—until, at a time of her convenience, she was ready to kill again.
Fiction book (1998) -
I am absolutely in a position to be remarking "photoganon" as I, too, have had my entire life's work stolen from my website just as similarly as this pathetic lass so calculatingly did.
Blog text (12) -
From her twenty-first-century perspective, Ruhl concedes that she portrayed physicians' attitudes and relations between men and women as inherently well-meaning and not calculatingly exploitative.
Blog text (25) -
He spoke calculatingly, weighing each word to manipulate the outcome to his advantage.
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The businessman planned calculatingly to maximize profits, carefully analyzing every market trend.
Synonyms
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6.8
In a planned, careful way to get a particular result
Antonyms
How Manipulative
Surface Forms
Morphology
calculatingly = calculating (semi-transparent) = calculate + ing + ly
Formed by adding '-ly' to the adjective 'calculating', but 'calculating' has a metaphorical sense ('scheming') that diverges from the primary, mathematical sense of 'calculate'.
Etymology
Calculatingly comes from an old Latin word calculus, meaning 'small stone' that people used to count. Think of someone moving pebbles like a calculator to plan every move, so calculatingly means acting carefully and often selfishly to get what they want.