[f. CALCULATE v.1: see -ATIVE.] Of or pertaining to calculation; given to calculating.
c. 1766. Burke, Popery Laws, Wks. IX. 389. Habits of calculative dealings.
1840. Fraser’s Mag., XXI. 307. Extraordinary calculative powers.
1865. Carlyle, Fredk. Gt., VIII. XIX. v. 170. Daun … sits expectant; elaborately calculative.
