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	{{g}}~~“calculated”~~ is a {{f\|flannel}}ish word which, in the mouth of a [[Mediocre lawyer\|lawyer]], means “likely to have a certain effect”. It does ''not'' imply any intention on the event’s author to bring that effect about.		{{g}}“[[Calculated]]” is a {{f\|flannel}}ish word which, in the mouth of a [[Mediocre lawyer\|lawyer]], means “likely to have a certain effect”. It does ''not'' imply any ''intention'' on the event’s author to bring that effect about.

	{{quote\|''Brownlow lent imperceptibly forward, whereupon a rambunctious flatulence issued into the after-dinner stillness. Then he collapsed back into his chair with a beatific expression on his face, a capitulation [[calculated]] to outrage those present — at least, those not scrabbling at their neck-ties, gasping for oxygen.''}}		{{quote\|''Brownlow lent imperceptibly forward, whereupon a rambunctious flatulence issued into the after-dinner stillness. Then he collapsed back into his chair with a beatific expression on his face, a capitulation [[calculated]] to outrage those present — at least, those not scrabbling at their neck-ties, gasping for oxygen.''}}