CALCULATEDLY Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

calculatedly

adverb

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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Seeking to deliberately undermine, delegitimize and destroy is not Madisonian.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
The probability of Kessler syndrome becomes much higher if humans start deliberately blowing things up in space.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of deliberately

Adverb

Folklore intentionally awards $10,000 grants rather than spreading the money across a larger number of smaller awards, with the goal of providing enough funding for investments such as equipment, additional space or employees.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026
In May, the department said UCLA’s medical school had intentionally considered race in admissions for three years.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of intentionally

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Yet three successive Democratic presidential campaigns willfully ignored these flashing sirens, instead insisting that Green New Deals and diversity, equity and inclusion programs would appeal to working-class Latino men.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of willfully

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There is rarely a moment when someone consciously decides that engagement will become the primary goal.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
The Quiet Spread of Synthetic Voices AI voices have spread into daily life gradually and quietly, which is part of why many people have not consciously registered the change.

— Will Jones, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of consciously

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Somebody like Gilroy or Jeff Kober and Barry Corbin (popping up occasionally as a pair of geriatric gangsters) will come and go in situations knowingly designed to feel contrived.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
Law enforcement needs to be able to investigate violence and people who knowingly support terrorism.

— August Mangeney, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of knowingly

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