calculating
ਗਣਨਾ
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.
example
Mrs Cunningham gave me a 'calculating' look over my sketchpad that was filled with spite and dislike.
They're cunning, they're devious, they're 'calculating' .
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’.
The movie presents her not just as ambitious talent; we also see the shrewdly 'calculating' side that propelled her into the spotlight.
He paused for a moment, with a spreading 'calculating' smile designed to draw the others in.
Whatever the reason, his public persona seems guarded and 'calculating' and his repeated protestations of humility usually fall flat.
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.
There's something very 'calculating' and manipulative about how he does things.
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.
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.
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.
Both of these ladies bided their time and proved to be quite 'calculating' and ruthless.
Underneath the mane of blonde hair was a ruthless 'calculating' brain.
Likewise, the promotion of the controversy by national manufacturers' associations has been 'calculating' and disingenuous.
It was decidedly hard to do with Mr Cunningham's cold, judging, 'calculating' eyes were staring at us.
Indeed, I am concerned that without such a change the whole bill looks more cynical and 'calculating' than the Minister probably intends.
So our military has to be very shrewd, very 'calculating' and I think that they are laying out those plans.
It is difficult to judge a man as 'calculating' when he seems so natural.
‘You don't only like my dad,’ he remarked 'calculatingly' , ‘but you love him.’
Martha is the attractive, sexy one, successful as an actress and 'calculatingly' bad-natured.
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.
The captain again advanced towards Alexander, but more slowly and 'calculatingly' , having ascertained the skill of his foe.
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.
He faced Sabre with calmness, looking on at him 'calculatingly' .
Only this administration is violating it - knowingly, deliberately and 'calculatingly' .
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.
Her green eyes studied Tyler 'calculatingly' , weighing her options; an act that Tyler never saw.
Instead it is a political programme of which different sections of the academic criminological fraternity are simultaneously disdainful and 'calculatingly' and opportunistically respectful.
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