calculating

1. 1
   adjective

   Thinking carefully about how to get what you want, without caring about other people's feelings.

   Like a player who plans every move only to win, not to have fun.

   He gave a calculating smile before making his offer.

   She is too calculating to ever act on impulse.

   Similarscheming, shrewd, cunning, manipulative, crafty

   Oppositeguileless, naive, ingenuous, artless

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2. 2
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of calculate. Use this form for an action happening now or as the name of the action.

   He is calculating how much paint they need for the walls.

   Calculating the bill took the waiter only a moment.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Able to work out numbers or solve math problems.

   Like a machine that can do your math homework for you.

   Early calculating machines could add long columns of numbers.

   Babbage designed a calculating engine that mechanized arithmetic.

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