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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024de•cep•tive /dɪˈsɛptɪv/USA pronunciation adj. - relating to or marked by deceit:deceptive advertising, until you read the fine print.
de•cep•tive•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•cep•tive (di sep′tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - apt or tending to deceive:The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
- perceptually misleading:It looks like a curved line, but it's deceptive.
- Medieval Latin dēceptīvus, equivalent. to Latin dēcept(us) (see deception) + -īvus -ive
- 1605–15
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged delusive, fallacious, specious.
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