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Calculating

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Adjective

1. calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd

used of persons

Example Sentences:
'the most calculating and selfish men in the community'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Calculating

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adjective
1. 
selfishly scheming
2. 
shrewd; cautious

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Calculating

see synonyms of calculating
adjective
1. 
shrewd or cunning, esp. in a selfish way; scheming
2. 
performing calculations

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Calculating

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adj.
1. Capable of performing calculations: a calculating machine.
2.
a. Shrewd; crafty: the calculating defense of an experienced attorney.
b. Coldly scheming or conniving.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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