calculating
adjective
[ ˈkalkjʊleɪtɪŋ ]
• acting in a scheming and ruthlessly determined way.
• "he was a coolly calculating, ruthless man"
Similar:
cunning,
crafty,
wily,
shrewd,
scheming,
devious,
designing,
conniving,
manipulative,
Machiavellian,
artful,
guileful,
slippery,
slick,
sly,
disingenuous,
unscrupulous,
foxy,
slim,
subtle,
calculate
verb
• determine (the amount or number of something) mathematically.
• "the program can calculate the number of words that will fit in the space available"
Similar:
compute,
work out,
reckon,
figure,
enumerate,
determine,
evaluate,
quantify,
assess,
cost,
put a figure on,
add up,
add together,
count up,
tally,
total,
totalize,
calibrate,
gauge,
tot up,
cast,
• intend (an action) to have a particular effect.
• "his last words were calculated to wound her"
• suppose or believe.
• "I calculate it's pretty difficult to git edication down there"
Origin:
late Middle English: from late Latin calculat- ‘counted’, from the verb calculare, from calculus ‘a small pebble (as used on an abacus)’.
