schemingly
In plotting fashion
In a scheming manner—with cunning calculation or secret plotting: She schemingly positioned herself to take credit for the project.
The adverb is rare; speakers more often restructure sentences to use the adjective scheming or the verb scheme.
With sly cleverness
- deviouslyIn a scheming way
- calculatinglyWith deliberate scheming intent
- craftilyIn a scheming manner
- manipulativelyIn a scheming manner
deceptively · underhandedly · insidiously · shrewdly · wily · treacherously · duplicitously · guilefully
In secretive partnership manner
- strategicallyWith planned purpose
- planningArranging for future events
- maneuveringSkillful directional control
- orchestratingArranging complex elements harmoniously
engineering · masterminding · contriving · designing · arranging · calculating · intriguing · hatching
With lofty aims
- opportunisticallyExploiting circumstances as arise
- politicallyRegarding civic governance
- aspirationallyWith lofty aims
- ruthlesslyWithout pity or compassion
competitively · power-hungry · advancement · networking · ladder-climbing · positioning · careerist · Machiavellian
cunningly
With sly cleverness
- deviouslyIn a scheming way
- calculatinglyWith deliberate scheming intent
- craftilyIn a scheming manner
manipulatively · deceptively · underhandedly · insidiously · shrewdly · wily · treacherously · duplicitously · guilefully · artfully
conspiratorially
In secretive partnership manner
- strategicallyWith planned purpose
- planningArranging for future events
- maneuveringSkillful directional control
orchestrating · engineering · masterminding · contriving · designing · arranging · calculating · intriguing · hatching · concocting
ambitiously
With lofty aims
- opportunisticallyExploiting circumstances as arise
- politicallyRegarding civic governance
- aspirationallyWith lofty aims
ruthlessly · competitively · power-hungry · advancement · networking · ladder-climbing · positioning · careerist · Machiavellian · cutthroat
scheminglyopenly
Without hiding anything
honestly · transparently · forthrightly · candidly · aboveboard
scheminglyinnocently
Without intent to harm
artlessly · naively · ingenuously · trustingly · virtuously
scheminglystraightforwardly
In an uncomplicated way
directly · forthrightly · plainly · bluntly · frankly