deceitfullyadv.
In a deceitful manner; with intent to deceive. (In 1488: By deceit or treachery.)
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adverb]
fakenlyOE
swikellya1023
ficklya1300
treacherouslya1340
guilinglya1382
sophisticallya1382
deceivably1387
guilefully1388
treacherlyc1394
deceivingly14..
guilouslyc1425
deceiteously1481
deceitfully1488
swikefullya1500
patchingly1570
faithlessly1581
abusively1595
dodgingly1599
fallaciously1612
deludingly1641
jugglingly1647
trickfullyc1790
hocus-pocusly1791
deceptiously1797
hocus-pocus1815
trickishly1824
deceptively1825
trickingly1833
dodgily1868
trickily1895
snakishly1935
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 34 Desaitfully I may nocht se thaim hang.
1523 Act 14 & 15 Hen. VIII c. 2 Workemanship..falsely and disceitfully made.
1611 Bible (King James) 2 Cor. iv. 2 Not walking in craftines, nor handling the word of God deceitfully . View more context for this quotation
1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety viii. 162 If this foundation be deceitfully laid, the superstructure must necessarily sink and perish.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets viii 265 His allegory..must always show them [the clouds] deceitfully beautiful, spreading illusion over earth and sky.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adv.1488- horizonless
- horizonline
- horizons
- horizontal
- horizontal bar
- horizontal combination
- horizontal combine
- horizontal dial
- horizontal engine
- horizontal equivalent
- horizontal escapement
- horizontal integration
- horizontal jogging
- horizontal line
- horizontal line of camper
- horizontal merger
- horizontal mobility
- horizontal parallax
- horizontal pendulum
- horizontal plane
- horizontal plane of camper
- horizontal rainbow
- horizontal refreshments
- horizontal rudder
- horizontal scrub