Antonyms for maneuvering

Grammar : Verb

Spell : muh-noo-ver

Phonetic Transcription : məˈnu vər

Definition of maneuvering

Origin : 1777, from maneuver (n.), or else from French manœurvrer "work, work with one's hands; carry out, prepare" (12c.), from Medieval Latin manuoperare. Originally in a military sense. Figurative use from 1801. Related: Maneuvered; maneuvering.

verb plan, scheme
verb direct physically

Example sentences :

Maneuvering continues, but actual encounters have declined in frequency.
Extract from : « The Outbreak of Peace » by Horace Brown Fyfe

You are right, for there is nothing to be gained by maneuvering to throw them off the track.
Extract from : « Adrift on the Pacific » by Edward S. Ellis

The maneuvering continued, the cruiser drawing closer to the battleship.
Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin

It obviously hadn't been operating while the ship was maneuvering into position.
Extract from : « Pushbutton War » by Joseph P. Martino

They were maneuvering and managing in every possible way to secure the final vote.
Extract from : « Charles I » by Jacob Abbott

Two consummate hunters were now maneuvering against each other.
Extract from : « The Ranger » by Edward S. Ellis

On this side of the plateau there was no place for the maneuvering of horses.
Extract from : « The Mission of Janice Day » by Helen Beecher Long

It was the Gizls who were maneuvering Superior as if it were a giant vehicle.
Extract from : « And Then the Town Took Off » by Richard Wilson

After some maneuvering about the yard he got her back to the nest, but not in it.
Extract from : « Birds and Nature Vol. 11 No. 1 [January 1902] » by Various

But he is trained only in simple evolutions when maneuvering in companies.
Extract from : « Life on a Mediaeval Barony » by William Stearns Davis

Synonyms for maneuvering

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