calculating

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calculating

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of calculate

adjective more calculating · most calculating

  1. not comparable Having the ability to calculate. an early calculating device
  2. especially, of a person Serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner. Following the sentencing, Knutton said: "What sort of person does something so cold and calculating? I did not expect her to go to jail for it. I am just glad it is now all over."

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Closest in meaning: calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd, hard, calculus, calculation, computed, numeracy, math, compute, computation, tabulation, multiplying, computational, formula

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adj having the ability to calculate

日本語計算可能な keisan kanōna

adj serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner

Españolcalculador, maquiavélico
日本語計算高い keisandakai
Portuguêscalculista, maquiavélico

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@misc{calculating_2026,
  title = {calculating},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/calculating},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}