calculatingly
In plotting fashion
In a calculating manner—with deliberate, self-interested planning rather than spontaneous emotion.
The word carries a cold connotation, suggesting someone who weighs outcomes and manipulates situations for personal advantage: She smiled calculatingly, already planning her next move.
Cleverly deceptive
- deviousUnderhanded and calculating
- craftyCleverly deceptive
- shrewdPractically clever, perceptive
- wilySkilled at deception
guileful · artful · conniving · sneaky · foxlike · cagey · astute · slick
With planned maneuvering
- shrewdlyWith keen discernment
- advantageouslyIn a favorable manner
- astutelyWith sharp discernment
- politicallyRegarding civic governance
competitively · judiciously · prudently · sagaciously · perceptively · farsightedly · anticipatorily · proactively
In a taking-advantage manner
- deceptivelyIn falsely suggestive manner
- opportunisticallyExploiting circumstances as arise
- unscrupulouslyWithout moral principles
- coercivelyBy compulsion or pressure
dishonestly · coldly · ruthlessly · cynically · instrumentally · predatorily · parasitically · Machiavellian
In an organized manner
- purposefullyWith conscious intention
- intentionallyBy conscious choice
- systematicallyIn organized, planned fashion
- carefullyWith deliberate attention
precisely · meticulously · analytically · consciously · thoughtfully · exactingly · scrupulously · studiously
sly
Cleverly deceptive
wily · guileful · artful · conniving · sneaky · foxlike · cagey · astute · slick · furtive
tactically
With planned maneuvering
- shrewdlyWith keen discernment
- advantageouslyIn a favorable manner
- astutelyWith sharp discernment
politically · competitively · judiciously · prudently · sagaciously · perceptively · farsightedly · anticipatorily · proactively · planfully
exploitatively
In a taking-advantage manner
- deceptivelyIn falsely suggestive manner
- opportunisticallyExploiting circumstances as arise
- unscrupulouslyWithout moral principles
coercively · dishonestly · coldly · ruthlessly · cynically · instrumentally · predatorily · parasitically · Machiavellian
methodically
In an organized manner
- purposefullyWith conscious intention
- intentionallyBy conscious choice
- systematicallyIn organized, planned fashion
carefully · precisely · meticulously · analytically · consciously · thoughtfully · exactingly · scrupulously · studiously · painstakingly
calculatinglysincerely
With genuine feeling
genuinely · artlessly · candidly · innocently · naively
calculatinglyimpulsively
Without prior deliberation
spontaneously · instinctively · subconsciously · unreflectively · rashly
calculatinglysubconsciously
Without deliberate awareness
unconsciously · automatically · intuitively · involuntarily · unwittingly