calculating

calculating
Synonyms and related words:
Byzantine, Machiavellian, artful, canny, careful, chary, chiseling, circumspect, collusive, computational, computative, computing, connivent, conniving, considerate, conspiring, contriving, covinous, crafty, cunning, deceitful, designing, devious, discreet, disingenuous, enumerative, estimating, estimative, FALSE, falsehearted, finagling, forsworn, foxy, fraudulent, furtive, gingerly, guarded, guileful, indirect, insidious, insincere, intriguing, knowing, manipulative, numerative, pawky, perjured, plotting, quantifying, safe, scheming, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, sneaky, statistical, stratagemical, subtile, subtle, surreptitious, treacherous, trickish, tricky, two-faced, uncandid, underhand, underhanded, unfrank, unsincere, untruthful, up to, wary, wily

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  • Calculating — Cal cu*la ting, a. 1. Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations. [1913 Webster] 2. Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • calculating — calculating; un·calculating; …   English syllables

  • Calculating — Cal cu*la ting, n. The act or process of making mathematical computations or of estimating results. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • calculating — index artful, cold blooded, collusive, discreet, judicious, machiavellian, pensive, politic, provident …   Law dictionary

  • calculating — (adj.) 1710, carrying out calculations, prp. adjective from CALCULATE (Cf. calculate). Meaning shrewdly or selfishly seeking advantage is attested from c.1810 …   Etymology dictionary

  • calculating — circumspect, *cautious, wary, chary Analogous words: *deliberate, designed, considered, studied, premeditated: designing, scheming, plotting (see corresponding verbs under PLAN n): wily, guileful, crafty, artful, cunning, *sly Antonyms: reckless …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • calculating — [adj] scheming to manipulate artful, canny, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, considerate, contriving, crafty, cunning, designing, devious, discreet, gingerly, guarded, guileful, intelligent, Machiavellian, manipulative, politic,… …   New thesaurus

  • calculating — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ selfishly scheming. DERIVATIVES calculatingly adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • calculating — [kal′kyəlāt΄iŋ] adj. 1. shrewd or cunning, esp. in a selfish way; scheming 2. performing calculations …   English World dictionary

  • calculating — calculatingly, adv. /kal kyeuh lay ting/, adj. 1. capable of or made for performing calculations, esp. arithmetical calculations: a calculating machine. 2. shrewd; cautious: a wise and calculating lawyer. 3. selfishly scheming: a cold and… …   Universalium

  • calculating — adj. VERBS ▪ be ADVERB ▪ coldly ▪ She caught a coldly calculating glint in the other woman s eye. PHRASES ▪ cold and calculating …   Collocations dictionary

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