calculatedly
1
6.8
- adverb
- /ˈkæl.kjʊ.leɪ.tɪd.li/
:
calculadamente
- She approached the problem calculatedly, ensuring every detail was accounted for.
- so calculatedly
Examples
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As has been noted here and elsewhere, there seems to be a focused school effort not only to continue raising tuitions beyond reason (and ever more self-evident fact) but to calculatedly exploit the federal income-based repayment plans in order to do so.
Blog text (12) -
Tare went one step in this direction in his pentameter poem "The Mediterranean" by calculatedly making every line's rhythm different from every other while retaining a governing pentameter.
Fiction book (2000) -
"The Details" all seems both calculated and random, or perhaps calculatedly random.
Blog text (17) -
The noise calculatedly being made by some members on both sides of the House is order is a disgrace to the House of Commons.
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It was all too calculatedly pleasant.
Fiction book (1996) -
Some had been manufactured by the Imams who had calculatedly stirred up the outrage.
Blog text (21) -
But yeah, that's the solution to the problem that's they've they've calculatedly created.
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At a party, with a sweet smile, she said in a calculatedly penetrating tone: "You know, Winston, if you were my husband, I would put arsenic in your tea."
Blog text (10) -
He saw her at once, knew this was going to be the one, this hard-faced old-young woman with frightened eyes, sensuous mouth, and a calculatedly bored, jaded expression.
Fiction book (1990) -
Well, my unerring sense of direction had got me to the outpost in good order, I crowed to myself, and it was bound to get me back to infuriate McEvoy with a calculatedly nonchalant account of my accomplishment.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
320
3.7
To do something on purpose and with care
155
3.1
In a way that someone does something on purpose, not by accident
112
2.3
To act with good sense and careful thought
89
3.7
On purpose while fully aware of what you are doing
72
3.5
To do something on purpose
43
3.7
In a careful way that shows you pay attention before deciding
31
3.9
To act in a determined way to reach a clear goal
26
4.0
On purpose as part of a plan
15
3.7
In a way that shows good judgment and practical choices
8
5.0
In a careful way to avoid future problems
3
4.8
In a way that shows careful thought before speaking or acting
2
3.9
Carefully and with full attention to what you do
1
8.1
In a planned way before doing something
1
7.4
In a clever and careful way to get an advantage
1
7.2
In a way that shows careful, selfish planning to reach your own goals
In a careful, slow way without hurry
Antonyms
How Deliberate
Surface Forms
Morphology
calculatedly = calculated (semi-transparent) = calculate + ed + ly
Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to 'calculated', but the adjective sense 'calculated' (deliberate) is a figurative extension of 'calculate', so the meaning is not purely literal.
Etymology
Calculatedly comes from calculate, which comes from the Latin calculus meaning 'small stone' that people used to count with, and you can see the same root in calculator. Think of someone counting steps carefully before they move, so to do something calculatedly is to act in a deliberate, carefully planned way, not by chance.