Crossword clues for manoeuvred
manoeuvred
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Maneuver \Ma*neu"ver\, Manoeuvre \Ma*n[oe]u"vre\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Maneuveredor Man[oe]uvred; p. pr. & vb. n. Maneuvering, or Man[oe]uvring.] [Cf. F. man[oe]uvrer. See Maneuver, n.]
To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with the intention of getting an advantage in attack or defense.
Hence: To make changes in one's approach to solving a problem, so as to achieve maximum advantage in a changing situation; -- used especially in competitive situations, as in politics, diplomacy, or sports.
To manage with address or art; to scheme.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: manoeuvre)
Usage examples of "manoeuvred".
He could also point to the minor cuts and contusions which both had suffered when their respective ships had manoeuvred abruptly or suffered concussive buffeting: those could as easily have been mortal wounds.
Meyer watched through the blackhawk’s sensors as a fifty-five-metre-diameter clipper-class starship manoeuvred itself onto a cradle that had risen out of a bay, orange balls of chemical flame spitting out of its vernier nozzles.
A stony iron asteroid, Guyana, was manoeuvred into orbit before the first settler arrived, and navy engineers immediately set about converting it into a base.
When Ralph manoeuvred himself right over the pod there was no reaction from the unfocused eyes.
Outside, star-points of light moved busily through space as the last elements of the fleet manoeuvred into their jump formation.
She manoeuvred herself into it, only to find the hatch at the far end was shut.
In total, eleven asteroids had been manoeuvred into orbit around Nyvan, their ores mined to provide raw material for the planet’s industries.
An MSV from one of the voidhawks slid out of its hangar and manoeuvred itself over hull plate 4-36-M.
Two large industrial stations specialising in organic synthesis were being manoeuvred over to Aethra, where they could start repairing the damage to the young habitat’s shell.
The communications officer, Rrawrum, manoeuvred up and down the band until Todd heard static, and gestured for him to fine tune on to that narrow wavelength.
Could the Hayumans and Zodd Rrev have manoeuvred him cunningly into agreeing?
Zebara had checked the files on the entire mission personnel: she had been a late addition to the team and, by the time she was included, it would have been far too late for even a highly organised pirate network to have manoeuvred a planting!
He'd have to tell her that, while he had kept his promise, she'd out manoeuvred him.
She and her paramour, a suspicious local named Shongili, have manoeuvred themselves into being named coadministrators of the governmental affairs of Terraform B.
It's antique,'' she claimed happily as she manoeuvred the box on to the balcony.