hocus-pocuslyadv.
In a ‘hocus-pocus’ manner; by jugglery.
ΘΚΠ
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
1791 J. Lackington Mem. (1792) 107 Many of their hearers are not only methodistically convinced, or alarmed, but are also hocus pocusly converted.
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