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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Scheming \Schem"ing\, a.
     Given to forming schemes; artful; intriguing. --
     Schem"ing*ly, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
           That wickedness which schemed, and executed, his
           destruction.                             --G. Stuart.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Scheming \Schem"ing\, a.
     Given to forming schemes; artful; intriguing. --
     Schem"ing*ly, adv.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  scheming
       adj 1: used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in
              the community" [syn: calculating, calculative, conniving,
               shrewd]
       2: concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest;
          "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark
          schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming
          wife"; "a scheming gold digger" [syn: designing]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  scheming
     a.
     (lb en pejorative) Tending to scheme#Verb; forming underhand plots.
     vb.
     (present participle of en scheme nocat=1)
     n.
     The activity or practice of making secret or underhanded plans.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  scheming
     a.
     (lb en pejorative) Tending to scheme#Verb; forming underhand plots.
     vb.
     (present participle of en scheme nocat=1)
     n.
     The activity or practice of making secret or underhanded plans.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  scheming
     a.
     (lb en pejorative) Tending to scheme#Verb; forming underhand plots.
     vb.
     (present participle of en scheme nocat=1)
     n.
     The activity or practice of making secret or underhanded plans.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  scheming
     a.
     (lb en pejorative) Tending to scheme#Verb; forming underhand plots.
     vb.
     (present participle of en scheme nocat=1)
     n.
     The activity or practice of making secret or underhanded plans.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  scheming
     Englanti a.
     juonitteleva, vehkeilevä
     Englanti n.
     juonittelu, vehkeily
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s chem ing e)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  scheming
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en scheme ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb scheme)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Scheming /skˈiːmɪŋ/
  وضع خطّة سريّة

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  scheming /skˈiːmɪŋ/ 
  intrikářství

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  scheming /skˈiːmɪŋ/ 
  plánování

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  scheming /skˈiːmɪŋ/
  berechnend  [pej.]
     Synonym: calculating
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  scheming /skˈiːmɪŋ/
  intrigant, durchtrieben, raffiniert 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  scheming /skˈiːmɪŋ/
  intrigierend, Ränke schmiedend
     Synonym: plotting and scheming
  
   see: scheme, plot and scheme, schemed
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  scheming /skˈiːmɪŋ/
  ränkevoll, ränkesüchtig 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  scheming /skˈiːmɪŋ/
  
  δολοπλόκος

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  scheming /skˈiːmɪŋ/
  planiranje

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  scheming /skˈiːmɪŋ/
  1. cselszövés
  2. intrika
  3. áskálódó
  4. tervezés
  5. intrikus

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  scheming /skˈiːmɪŋ/ 
  beräknande
  tending to scheme

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈskimɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  127 Moby Thesaurus words for "scheming":
     Byzantine, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, arch, artful,
     artifice, astute, cabal, cagey, calculating, canny, chiseling,
     clever, collusion, collusive, complicity, complot, confederacy,
     connivance, connivent, conniving, conspiracy, conspiring,
     contrivance, contriving, counterplot, covin, covinous, crafty,
     cunning, cute, deceitful, deep, deep-laid, deep-laid plot,
     designing, devious, diplomatic, disingenuous, duplicitous,
     engineering, false, falsehearted, feline, finagling, finesse,
     forsworn, foxy, frame-up, fraudulent, furtive, game, guileful,
     indirect, ingenious, insidious, insincere, intrigue, intriguing,
     inventive, knowing, little game, machination, maneuvering,
     manipulation, nefarious, packed deal, packed jury, pawky, perjured,
     planning, plot, plotting, politic, prearrangement,
     preconcertedness, premeditation, preordering, put-up job, ready,
     resourceful, rigged jury, rigging, scheme, schemery, serpentine,
     setup, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, smooth, snaky,
     sneaky, sophistical, stacked deck, stealthy, stratagem,
     stratagemical, strategic, subtile, subtle, supple, surreptitious,
     tactical, treacherous, trick, trickish, tricksy, tricky, two-faced,
     uncandid, underhand, underhanded, underplot, unfrank, unsincere,
     untruthful, up to, vulpine, wary, web of intrigue, wily,
     wire-pulling
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 富于心计的,诡计多端的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 计划的,诡计多端的

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