manipulative (redirected from manipulativeness)

ma·nip·u·la·tive  (m-npy-l-tv, -l-)

adj.

Serving, tending, or having the power to manipulate.

n.

Any of various objects designed to be moved or arranged by hand as a means of developing motor skills or understanding abstractions, especially in mathematics.

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ma·nipu·la·tive·ly adv.

ma·nipu·lative·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

manipulative - skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage; "the early manipulative techniques of a three-year-old child" artful - marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"