scheming

  • 1scheming — Ⅰ. scheming UK US /ˈskiːmɪŋ/ adjective DISAPPROVING ► used to describe someone who makes clever secret plans intended to deceive others: »a scheming businessman Ⅱ. scheming UK US /ˈskiːmɪŋ/ noun [U] DISAPPROVING ► …

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  • 2Scheming — Schem ing, a. Given to forming schemes; artful; intriguing. {Schem ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3scheming — index artful, collusion, collusive, deceptive, devious, diplomatic, dishonest, disingenuous, evasive …

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  • 4scheming — [adj] deceitful, sly artful, calculating, conniving, crafty, cunning, designing, duplicitous, foxy, slippery, tricky, underhand, wily; concept 542 Ant. aboveboard, honest, open …

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  • 5scheming — [skē′miŋ] adj. given to forming schemes or plots; crafty, tricky, deceitful, etc. schemingly adv …

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  • 6Scheming — Scheme Scheme, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Schemed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scheming}.] To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot. [1913 Webster] That wickedness which schemed, and executed, his destruction. G. Stuart. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 7scheming — adjective he finally saw his scheming wife for what she really was Syn: cunning, crafty, calculating, devious, designing, conniving, wily, sly, tricky, artful, guileful, slippery, slick, manipulative, Machiavellian, unscrupulous, disingenuous;… …

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  • 8Scheming Schemers — Infobox Film name = Scheming Schemers caption = director = Jules White writer = Felix Adler starring = Moe Howard Larry Fine Shemp Howard Joe Palma Emil Sitka Kenneth MacDonald Christine McIntyre Symona Boniface Dudley Dickerson cinematography =… …

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  • 9scheming — adjective Date: 1741 given to forming schemes; especially devious …

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  • 10scheming — schemingly, adv. /skee ming/, adj. given to making plans, esp. sly and underhand ones; crafty. [1830 40; SCHEME + ING2] Syn. artful, calculating, cunning. * * * …

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