calculatedly

Example Sentences

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It’s certainly possible that this is ragebait—a confession so calculatedly oblivious to its own evil that it can’t possibly be true, its only goal to rile up outrage for internet points.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2024

The grotesque prosthetic effects and nerve-shredding sound design are first rate; they’re also a calculatedly showy distraction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2023

Yet both have calculatedly peddled their images — like plenty of the born rich do — as industrious, self-made success stories.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2023

His self-determined walk away into the sunrise is a victory over a ruinous game that would have stolen the jersey off his back years ago had he not been so calculatedly self-protective.

From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2023

In lieu of that calculatedly slovenly disguise which he had affected in the hinter-land, he was immaculate in the fineness of his linen and the tailoring of his evening clothes.

From A Pagan of the Hills by Buck, Charles Neville