CALCULATEDLY Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

calculatedly

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as in deliberately

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Recent Examples of calculatedly Some Demna-sized—as in, calculatedly oversized—tailoring, and lots of bitchy, bratty handbag holding that made the accessories a focal point of most looks in the collection. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 17 May 2026 His players were shown footage of the tackle, calculatedly riling up their ire for next week. — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 1 May 2026 With its calculatedly severe form, the film both distills and extends melodrama to avant-garde extremes. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025

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The constant contrast between pristine nature and industrial machinery is accompanied by a discordant synth-heavy score by composer Robert Nacken, that, at times, pushes the film along and, at others, deliberately drags against it.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Someone has to decide to deliberately create and nurture the relationships in a new market.

— Wayne Elsey, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of deliberately

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Additional autonomous cyberattacks were disclosed by Anthropic and Meta in recent months, though in those cases the models had been granted internet access either intentionally or inadvertently.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
For families who use it intentionally, the business doesn’t just survive the transition.

— Joy Nissen, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of intentionally

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The three European countries said that Iran willfully departed from the 2015 nuclear deal that lifted the measures.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026
Hours later, her parents were arrested in Carter County, Tennessee — more than 350 miles away — and charged with unlawfully placing a child at risk or willfully abandoning a child.

— Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of willfully

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The tech world has always had a self-consciously rebellious relationship with societal norms.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2026
As long as business development leaders manage the balance of these three elements consciously and regularly, there will be no issues with winning new business.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of consciously

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There’s also been online chatter leaning toward the antisemitic (Lefty is Jewish), and other comments painting her as a thieving mastermind knowingly ripping off songs.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026
Some owners had knowingly leased their vehicles for the scheme, according to Kuwait’s interior ministry.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of knowingly

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According to Ukrzaliznytsia, a diplomatic train carrying Boris Johnson, Carl Bildt and security advisers from several European Union states had purposely left the station at Yahodyn ahead of schedule.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026
These fish can’t really be classified as invasive, however, because the state purposely stocked the South American imports in the early 1980s for two reasons.

— Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2026

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