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
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
Wilde is fabulous and calculatingly cool as Devon.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2016
It broke strikes, put secret agents into manufacturing concerns to stimulate efficiency, or calculatingly and in cold blood put other agents in to wreck a concern in the interests of a rival.
From Joan of Arc of the North Woods by Holman Day
