calculating
cálculo
definition
verb
Japanese land value was calculated at 2.5 times that of the U.S
determine (the amount or number of something) mathematically.
his last words were calculated to wound her
intend (an action) to have a particular effect.
adjective
he was a coolly calculating, ruthless man
acting in a scheming and ruthlessly determined way.
translation of 'calculating'
adjective
calculante
example
It is difficult to judge a man as 'calculating' when he seems so natural.
At one extreme, imagine genetically engineered minds devoid of conscience or empathy and at the same time highly 'calculating' and ruthless in the pursuit of their own desires.
This is not the undertaking of a benevolent nation helping another in the spirit of friendship and trust, but a cold 'calculating' act designed to crush the human spirit and bring about the death of hope.
There's something very 'calculating' and manipulative about how he does things.
Whatever the reason, his public persona seems guarded and 'calculating' and his repeated protestations of humility usually fall flat.
Clearly the robots take the long-term view on this one, as they would, what with being utilitarian 'calculating' machines designed for the preservation of life.
Likewise, the promotion of the controversy by national manufacturers' associations has been 'calculating' and disingenuous.
Underneath the mane of blonde hair was a ruthless 'calculating' brain.
Mr Latham said it suggested ‘a devious and 'calculating' mind well able to think about what he needed to do to distract attention away from himself’.
They're cunning, they're devious, they're 'calculating' .
He paused for a moment, with a spreading 'calculating' smile designed to draw the others in.
So our military has to be very shrewd, very 'calculating' and I think that they are laying out those plans.
I was quite struck by the image used for that tour, because it does not seem an accident, it seems very well designed in a 'calculating' fashion.
It was decidedly hard to do with Mr Cunningham's cold, judging, 'calculating' eyes were staring at us.
Mrs Cunningham gave me a 'calculating' look over my sketchpad that was filled with spite and dislike.
Both of these ladies bided their time and proved to be quite 'calculating' and ruthless.
Indeed, I am concerned that without such a change the whole bill looks more cynical and 'calculating' than the Minister probably intends.
Strydom was at his shrewd and most 'calculating' best.
When viewers meet her, Claire is a determined, rather 'calculating' career woman, an ambitious lawyer working for the Prosecution Service.
The movie presents her not just as ambitious talent; we also see the shrewdly 'calculating' side that propelled her into the spotlight.
The character is 'calculatingly' amoral, but his attitude is somewhat academic and mechanically uninvolved, and the audience resists the natural urge to expect his comeuppance, which in the real world may never come anyway.
Martha is the attractive, sexy one, successful as an actress and 'calculatingly' bad-natured.
The Secretary of State has therefore concluded that you have 'calculatingly' failed to provide this information so as to prevent him from establishing you true date of arrival.
It's great fun watching him tear into this role, knowingly and 'calculatingly' overacting.
She walked slowly up the faded green wooden stairs, strutted confidently over the porch and stopped 'calculatingly' right in front of the cause of that loud bellowing voice.
What is wrong is to forget that these practices, and their reception, the reactions to them, really are expressions of our moral attitudes and not merely devices we 'calculatingly' employ for regulative purposes.
Her renowned beauty is a snare that she 'calculatingly' and opportunistically utilises to manipulate men like Paris in her insatiable quest for sensual pleasures and luxurious living.
‘You don't only like my dad,’ he remarked 'calculatingly' , ‘but you love him.’
The captain again advanced towards Alexander, but more slowly and 'calculatingly' , having ascertained the skill of his foe.
And so they deliberately, consciously, 'calculatingly' , ignored intelligence about the problems that would ensue.
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