calculating
adjective
capable of or made for performing calculations, especially arithmetical calculations.
calculatingly
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a word derived from
calculating.
Example Sentences
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But the airstrike was calculatingly limited: The rockets and missiles were intercepted, and damage was minimal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2024
“The Conservatives selected him quite coolly, quite calculatingly, because they thought he was a winner,” Professor Garton Ash said.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2022
My bipolar delusions were never so calculatingly self-serving.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 4, 2019
Even on editors and buyers, the most calculatingly style-conscious folks imaginable, shorts were as common a sight in Paris as cigarette smoking teenagers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2018
I do not do Mr. Brumley as the human lover justice if I lead you to suppose that he plotted thus clearly and calculatingly.
From The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
