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calculatedlyDone in a deliberate and carefully planned manner, often with a specific purpose or outcome in mind. Implies intentional and strategic thinking.

Part of speech: ADVERB

Definition: Done in a deliberate and carefully planned manner, often with a specific purpose or outcome in mind. Implies intentional and strategic thinking.

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈkælkjəˌleɪtɪdli/

Korean meaning: 계산적으로, 의도적으로

Korean pronunciation: 캘-큘-레이-티드-리 (강세: 캘)

Example Sentences

  • The politician calculatedly leaked the scandal right before the election.
  • My cat calculatedly knocks things off my desk only when I'm in important Zoom meetings.
  • She calculatedly wore her ex-boyfriend's favorite dress to the party where he would be.

calculatedly

ADVERB

//ˈkælkjəˌleɪtɪdli//

Done in a deliberate and carefully planned manner, often with a specific purpose or outcome in mind. Implies intentional and strategic thinking.

calculatedly concept
💡 Concept

Done in a deliberate and carefully planned manner, often with a specific purpose or outcome in mind. Implies intentional and strategic thinking.

calculatedly rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

She moves calculatedly and repeatedly, while he argues heatedly!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈkælkjəˌleɪtɪdli/

🌳Etymology

Rootcalculate
Suffix--ed + -ly

Origin

From Latin 'calculare' meaning 'to compute with pebbles,' derived from 'calculus' (small stone). Ancient Romans used small stones as counting tools for mathematical calculations.

🎵Rhyme

deliberatelyaccuratelyprecisely

📝Examples

The politician calculatedly leaked the scandal right before the election.

😄 Fun example

My cat calculatedly knocks things off my desk only when I'm in important Zoom meetings.

She calculatedly wore her ex-boyfriend's favorite dress to the party where he would be.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

deliberatelyintentionallystrategicallypurposefullysystematically

Antonyms

spontaneouslyimpulsively

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