The word "manipulative" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is used to describe someone who is cleverly trying to persuade someone else to do something by misleading or deceptive means. For example: "The politician's manipulative tactics gained him a lot of support in the election."
In a man that would be called "business acumen"; in Katie it was called "being manipulative".
After seeing it a second time at Wyndham's and talking about it to exceptionally bright American students, I was forced to revise my opinion that Lydia Wilson's Kate was a quietly manipulative Lady Macbeth in the making.
He is planning to direct again, too: his adaptation of Jon Hotten's The Years of the Locust, the true story of a naïve boxer and his manipulative promoter, is set to go into production next year.
He is energetic, publicity-hungry, manipulative, outspoken and, yes, abrasive.
Outside court, crown prosecutor Jenny Hopkins said: "Our case was that Lewis Daynes, even though he was only 18 when he committed Breck's murder, was a controlling and manipulative individual who carefully planned this crime.
Did Dryden see the ambush as a way of getting rid of Denton at the same time, only to have the tables turned on him by a woman who, we were repeatedly told this week, was "manipulative" and adept at hiding her true nature?
"I was slightly daunted at the idea of working with Ted, but he was immediately engaging and charismatic, although not in the manipulative way that some charismatic people can be.
"Kony2012 is aimed at children... it is a very, very persuasive, manipulative film, beautifully made".
Since when was operating like a business a problem for Conservatives?What about the other accusation that Mr Mould's complaints about Britain's welfare system are "misleading" and "emotionally manipulative"?
Addressing the nation after the Beslan massacre, President Vladimir Putin conjured up a spectre of manipulative foreign powers exploiting terrorism to weaken Russia.
But Ms Pessl swiftly veers from the standard whodunnit to deliver a more inventive, reality-warping tale about family curses, black magic and the manipulative influence of film.
