schemingn.
/ˈskiːmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈskimɪŋ/ The action of scheme v.; planning, contrivance.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun]
compassinga1300
compassmentc1300
ordainingc1350
ordinancec1385
imaginationa1393
conjectmentc1400
before-castinga1425
forecastinga1425
imagininga1449
conjectinga1450
machinationc1550
platforming1560
plotting1593
contrivement1599
agitation1600
contrival1602
contrivage1610
projection1611
projectment1611
contrivance1647
politics1650
digestion1680
planning1730
contriving1751
scheme1790
scheming1813
schemery1822
replanning1853
mapping1856
macroplanning1966
the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun]
compassinga1300
contrivingc1330
undermining1433
imagininga1449
engininga1450
practising?1545
machinationc1550
packing1587
plotting1593
contrival1602
managing1607
tamperinga1627
practicking1640
texturea1641
contrivance1647
briguing1657
intrigue1668
intriguing1801
policizing1809
scheming1813
intriguery1815
schemery1822
plottery1823
shenanigan1855
game playing1916
shenaniganning1924
wheeler-dealing1968
wheeling and dealing1969
wheeling-dealing1973
1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab v. 67 Blunting the keenness of his spiritual sense With narrow schemings and unworthy cares.
1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 246 It needed a deal of scheming..to make them fit our high room.
1884 R. W. Church Bacon ii. 32 Essex..drifted into discontent,..into questionable schemings for the future of a reign that must shortly end.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
schemingadj.
/ˈskiːmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈskimɪŋ/ That schemes; contriving, plotting.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective]
imaginativec1405
compassingc1440
contrivinga1616
projective1640
designing1656
scheming1838
planful1862
organizatory1917
the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [adjective]
compassingc1440
practising1556
plotting1592
contrivinga1616
intriguing1682
plotful1732
machinating1751
policizing1825
scheming1838
intriguant1897
wheeling-dealing1973
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > in contrivance or machination
politic1543
practical1563
fetching1570
driftyc1571
Machiavellian1572
stratagematical1583
stratagemical1585
stratagematic1589
drifting1596
enterprising1602
Machiavelline1602
practitional1602
engineering1631
polititious1638
Machiavellic1645
designing1661
intriguing1790
manoeuvring1801
systematizing1827
scheming1838
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. i. 7 An artful, scheming, almost heartless man.
1884 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 514 This class is..recruited..from voluble, scheming men and zealous charlatans.
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ˈschemingly adv.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [adverb]
plottinglya1651
intriguingly1741
contrivingly1748
schemingly1895
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Schemingly, adv., in a scheming manner; like a schemer.
1979 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 3: Far East (B.B.C.) 15 June FE/6142/A3/1 They schemingly proposed changing the venue of and delaying the sixth session of the non-aligned conference.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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