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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Roughly 7 in 10 people globally believe government officials, business leaders and journalists are deliberately misleading them.

— Jamie Gutfreund, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
After the 2008 financial crisis, the Fed began more deliberately guiding the market to near certainty on the trajectory of rates heading into its meetings.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of deliberately

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As China expands its legal power, the United States is willfully eroding its own.

— Mark Jia, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026
The person, whose name was not released, was arrested on suspicion of unlawfully causing a fire resulting in injury to fires, obstructing or delaying a police investigation and willfully resisting, obstructing or delaying a fire investigation.

— Tim Fang, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of willfully

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The players keep performing, and the audience may not consciously recognize what changed.

— Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Culpepper and Tanida cover it in unhurried, consciously beautiful tracking shots that appear simple, but required a full court press to make real.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of consciously

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McKinney’s office said the fraud penalty was appropriate because the company collected the taxes from customers and knowingly withheld them from the city.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026
The murder case is based upon the legal theory that Batsukh knowingly introduced the danger to Wilson despite his knowledge that the pills were counterfeit and unsafe.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of knowingly

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Many entries seem almost purposely crafted to inflame every lingering conservative grievance over the pandemic.

— Megan McArdle, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2026
On the flip side, that might fit better as a non-title feud, so that could mean that at WWE SummerSlam, either Rodriguez or Perez inadvertently, or perhaps purposely, costs Morgan the title.

— Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

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