calculating
capable of or made for performing calculations, especially arithmetical calculations: a calculating machine.
selfishly scheming: a cold and calculating dictator.
Origin of calculating
1Other words for calculating
Other words from calculating
- cal·cu·lat·ing·ly, adverb
- non·cal·cu·lat·ing, adjective
- un·cal·cu·lat·ing, adjective
- un·cal·cu·lat·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use calculating in a sentence
The 28-year-old Sciortino is something of a hipster Jayne Mansfield—busty, unnaturally blonde, and calculatingly effervescent.
Is This Dildo-Licking, Dominatrix-Loving Vogue Blogger the New Face of Feminism? | Lizzie Crocker | May 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe is so calculatingly elusive that the buck never reaches him.
It carefully and calculatingly distributed his riches among the members of his family, overlooking no individual of it.
Is Shakespeare Dead? | Mark TwainThe sharp, Julian cast of countenance was never more pronounced, and the eagle eyes gleamed inquiringly, calculatingly.
The Argus Pheasant | John Charles BeechamHe settled his spectacles more firmly upon his nose, and ran his gaze calculatingly over the assembled voters.
The Skipper and the Skipped | Holman Day
In the end the Browns always yielded, but grudgingly, calculatingly, never being taken by surprise.
The Last Shot | Frederick PalmerNew "skids" are nicely peeled by hewing off the bark smoothly, and plentifully as well as calculatingly laid along the road.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine | Various
British Dictionary definitions for calculating
/ (ˈkælkjʊˌleɪtɪŋ) /
selfishly scheming
shrewd; cautious
Derived forms of calculating
- calculatingly, adverb
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