manipulative

adjective

1 a ruthlessly manipulative social climber:

scheming, calculating, cunning, crafty, wily, shrewd, devious, designing, conniving, Machiavellian, artful, guileful, slippery, slick, sly, unscrupulous, disingenuous, media-savvy;

informal foxy.

▷antonyms ingenuous.

2 a manipulative skill such as typing:

manual, done with one's hands, dexterous.

manipulative Oxford Dictionary of English