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calculating
[ kal-kyuh-ley-ting ]
adjective
- capable of or made for performing calculations, especially arithmetical calculations:
a calculating machine.
a wise and calculating lawyer.
- selfishly scheming:
a cold and calculating dictator.
Synonyms: designing
calculating
/ ˈkælkjʊˌleɪtɪŋ /
adjective
- selfishly scheming
- shrewd; cautious
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Derived Forms
- ˈcalcuˌlatingly, adverb
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Other Words From
- calcu·lating·ly adverb
- non·calcu·lating adjective
- un·calcu·lating adjective
- un·calcu·lating·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of calculating1
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Example Sentences
Cressida is not really suited for that kind of calculating existence of briefing and counter-briefing.
Critics run that tab as high as $4 billion, calculating the lost tax revenues over 40 years.
Calculating gender differences is complicated, but the politics are simple.
The idea that they would attempt to spin her nuanced response as politically calculating is even sillier.
He did not take a step—do a jig—without calculating the odds.
There is more of artfulness in the flatteries which appear to involve a calculating intention to say the nice agreeable thing.
He stood now with a calculating look, almost as if he were checking the verity of the report.
But when Richard's calculating mind came to give thought to the future he found that this occasioned him some care.
Usually cool and calculating, steady and active-minded, he seemed to have lost all grip upon himself.
Inserting these values in our general equation and calculating the result, we obtain 18.1E6 as the value of the constant.
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