calculated
/ˈkælkjʊleɪtɪd/ adjective B1- Arrived at or determined by mathematical calculation; ascertained mathematically. · The calculated total appeared to be wrong.
- Carefully thought out or planned. · a calculated campaign of disinformation· We made a calculated decision not to visit them on the first day, in case we seemed too eager.
- Calculating; unemotional and analytical.
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There could be no doubt that all had been calculated and previously arranged; Monte Cristo then was in league with his father’s enemies.
I leave you to judge how far your nerves are calculated to bear you through such a scene.
In this way my second link was formed, which told me that the nocturnal visitors were two in number, one remarkable for his height (as I calculated from the length of his stride), and the other fashionably dressed, to judge from the small and elegant impression left by his boots.
Villefort had calculated rightly.
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