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scheming
[ skee-ming ]
adjective
- given to making plans, especially sly and underhand ones; crafty.
Synonyms: cunning, calculating, artful
scheming
/ ˈskiːmɪŋ /
adjective
- given to making plots; cunning
noun
- intrigues
Derived Forms
- ˈschemingly, adverb
Other Words From
- scheming·ly adverb
- un·scheming adjective
Example Sentences
A gossipy and scheming group of cardinals must select the new Pope, but there is backstabbing, wheeling and dealing behind the scenes.
Say what you will about the Juice, but he’s been scheming his way across the Underworld for many moons.
A new film about a gossipy and scheming group of cardinals who must select the new Pope has received its UK premiere at the London Film Festival.
But prosecutors say he was scheming to defraud Anthem Blue Cross.
This accounting was, as the New York Times observes, “short a few details — the violence, the deaths and injuries, the alleged criminal scheming, the ‘Hang Mike Pence’ of it all.”
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