counterfeitlyadv.
/ˈkaʊntəfɪtli/ Obsolete.
In a counterfeit manner; feignedly, pretendedly, deceitfully, falsely.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [adverb]
faintlyc1330
feigninglya1387
supposingly?a1450
feignedly1535
counterfeitly1548
dissimulately1556
pretencedly1567
simulately1592
pretensively1607
pretendedly1611
ironically1612
supposedly1618
feigning1620
pretendingly1645
fictitiously1646
fictly1677
simulatively1816
bogusly1862
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Eph. in Paraphr. New Test. vi. f. 5 In whose [Christ's] syghte nothing is acceptable, that is counter~faytely done.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. iii. 100 I will practice the insinuating nod, and be off to them most counterfetly . View more context for this quotation
1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 59 Wisdom from above..without Hypocrisie..not acting ani waie counterfeitly.
1717 D. Defoe Mem. Church of Scotl. 35 Counter~feitly and lyingly to serve you.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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