pretensively
/prɪˈtɛnsɪvli/Now chiefly US (rare after 17th cent.)
adverb
Professedly; pretendedly, feignedly; as a pretext.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Robert Parker (?1564–1614), religious controversialist. From pretensive + -ly.
- All Hallowmass
- All Hallown Eve
- All-Hallown Summer
- All Hallows
- All Hallows' Day
- All Hallows' Eve
- All Hallows' Mass
- All Hallows' tide
- All-Hallowtide
- all hands
- all hands and the cook
- all hands on deck
- all hands on deck
- all hands to the pump
- allheal
- all hell breaks (or is let) loose
- all hid
- all-holy
- all hours
- alliable
- alliaceous
- alliance
- Alliance Party
- alliancer
- alliant