Antonyms for calculatingly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : kal-kyuh-ley-ting |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæl kyəˌleɪ tɪŋ |
Definition of calculatingly
Origin :- 1710, "carrying out calculations," present participle adjective from calculate. Meaning "shrewdly or selfishly seeking advantage" is attested from c.1810.
- As in on purpose : adv done of one's own free will
- As in deliberately : adv intentionally
- Deacon Rowley looked at her calculatingly, fingering his nose.
- Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
- Howell Edwards at the door of his office watched them calculatingly.
- Extract from : « The Amazing Marriage, Complete » by George Meredith
- Her husband eyed her calculatingly and rested his weight on the table once more.
- Extract from : « Bruce of the Circle A » by Harold Titus
- Simmy squinted a half-closed eye, calculatingly, judicially.
- Extract from : « From the Housetops » by George Barr McCutcheon
- She was deliberately impulsive; calculatingly reckless; systematically chaotic.
- Extract from : « Princess Zara » by Ross Beeckman
- It carefully and calculatingly distributed his riches among the members of his family, overlooking no individual of it.
- Extract from : « Is Shakespeare Dead? » by Mark Twain
- The star-flecked eyes were not upon us; they looked over and beyond—coldly, calculatingly.
- Extract from : « The Metal Monster » by A. Merritt
- There was a certain prim set to her mouth, and her eyes, as she looked at him, were calculatingly cool.
- Extract from : « Stubble » by George Looms
- I do not do Mr. Brumley as the human lover justice if I lead you to suppose that he plotted thus clearly and calculatingly.
- Extract from : « The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman » by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
- Pausing just inside the door, in a patch of black shadow, he carefully and calculatingly surveyed the perches.
- Extract from : « Red Fox » by Charles G. D. Roberts
Synonyms for calculatingly
- advisedly
- after consideration
- apurpose
- by design
- calculatingly
- consciously
- deliberately
- designed
- determinedly
- emphatically
- freely
- in cold blood
- independently
- intentionally
- knowingly
- meaningfully
- of one's own free will
- on purpose
- pointedly
- premeditatedly
- premeditatively
- prepensely
- purposefully
- purposely
- purposively
- resolutely
- studiously
- to that end
- voluntarily
- willfully
- with a view to
- with eyes wide open
- with full intent
- with malice aforethought
- without qualms
- wittingly
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