calculated, pa. pple. and ppl. a.
(ˈkælkjʊˌleɪtɪd)
[f. calculate v.1 + -ed1.]
1. Reckoned, estimated, devised with forethought.
| 1863 Geo. Eliot Romola iii. xxvi. (1880) II. 266 When he did speak it was with a calculated caution. 1930 Economist 12 July 59/1 This important statement had been communicated to the Press as a result either of a misunderstanding or of a ‘calculated indiscretion’. 1956 R. Heinlein Double Star (1958) i. 18 ‘You haven't any right to jeopardise everybody else by telling him. You don't know a thing about him.’ ‘It's a calculated risk.’ 1959 Listener 22 Oct. 672/2 Obviously, the Soviet Union is taking a calculated risk. |
2. Fitted, suited, fit, apt; of a nature or character proper or likely to.
| 1722 De Foe Col. Jack (1840) 286 The state of life that I was now in was..perfectly calculated to make a man completely happy. 1793 W. Roberts Looker-on (1794) No. 52 II. 273 These interlopers..acted in a manner that was calculated to bring scandal upon the profession. 1795 Southey Life (1849) I. 256 Never had man so many relations so little calculated to inspire confidence. 1864 Mansel Lett., etc. (1873) 298 These transparent disguises were not calculated, and, probably, were not intended, to deceive. 1868 Gladstone Juv. Mundi i. (1870) 3 A circumstance calculated to excite strong suspicion. 1879 in Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 76/2 Ireland is..well calculated for the successful prosecution of ostreoculture. |
Hence ˈcalculatedly adv.
| 1899 Westm. Gaz. 8 Apr. 5/1 The Freeman's Journal says... ‘The gentle wooing of the new unionism was so calculatedly seductive that a temporary aberration of the people would not have been unnatural.’ 1931 Belloc Hist. Eng. IV. 333 Cecil's danger was great. The power of Philip which had hitherto..supported him he had calculatedly flouted. 1966 P. Green tr. Escarpit's Novel Computer vii. 97 My calculatedly excessive demand left these petty chisellers absolutely dumbfounded. 1984 Observer 26 Feb. 33/2 She has calculatedly reflected changing US tastes in looks and clothes. |