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scheming

[skee-ming]

adjective

  1. given to making plans, especially sly and underhand ones; crafty.

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scheming

/ ˈ쾱ːɪŋ /

adjective

  1. given to making plots; cunning

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. intrigues

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • schemingly adverb
  • unscheming adjective
  • ˈ𳾾Բ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of scheming1

First recorded in 1830–40; scheme + -ing 2
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R. Kelly’s attorneys file an emergency motion seeking home detention, alleging that prison officials are scheming with racist inmates to have the singer killed.

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They have depicted her as a kind of master manipulator scheming violent resistance from her perch in Mexico City.

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A year after scheming to avoid playing for the Bears, he is committed to turning around the franchise.

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"Even now I'm still processing the depth of the manipulation," Miss Baxter said, adding she had "no idea" about D'Wit's scheming.

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But while Damian Lewis landed a nomination for best supporting actor for his portrayal of Henry VIII, there was no best actor nod for its star Mark Rylance, who plays scheming advisor, Thomas Cromwell.

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