calculatingly
- 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
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 greatly admire Mr. Urie, whose smart, calculatingly silly performances in both “Torch Song” and “The Government Inspector” were theater high points last year.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2018
New "skids" are nicely pealed by hewing off the bark smoothly, and plentifully as well as calculatingly laid along the road.
From Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick by Springer, John S.
