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CONNIVING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Acting with a specific goal

Example:

the most calculating and selfish men in the community

Synonyms:

calculating; calculative; conniving; scheming; shrewd

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

hard (dispassionate)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end

Synonyms:

collusive; conniving

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

covert (secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb connive

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