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Synonyms for deceitfully


Grammar : Adv
Spell : dih-seet-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsit fəl



Définition of deceitfully

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from deceit + -ful. Related: Deceitfully; deceitfulness.
  • As in treacherously : adv faithlessly
Example sentences :
  • These had either refused to Covenant to obey him, or had promised to him deceitfully.
  • Extract from : « The Ordinance of Covenanting » by John Cunningham
  • And it will dishonour the truth which you deceitfully profess.
  • Extract from : « A Christian Directory » by Baxter Richard
  • Tiberius was deceitfully told that the prince Drusus had died from sickness only.
  • Extract from : « Under Csars' Shadow » by Henry Francis Colby
  • She was disobeying her step-mother, besides acting most deceitfully.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Round Table, October 1, 1895 » by Various
  • They often handled the prophecies unfairly if not deceitfully.
  • Extract from : « Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again » by Joseph Barker
  • This he said deceitfully, having greater admiration for the meat than for the crow.
  • Extract from : « Aesop's Fables » by Aesop
  • She had behaved too deceitfully, too heartlessly, too ungratefully, too vulgarly for that!
  • Extract from : « Mary Marston » by George MacDonald
  • We shall afterwards see him deceitfully carried to Sofala, and there sold as a slave.
  • Extract from : « A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume VI » by Robert Kerr
  • Yet how deceitfully it will open to the music of birds and the soft enchantment of the spring mornings!
  • Extract from : « Summer in a Garden, and Calvin, A Study Of Character » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • Knowing her intimately as you do, can you think that she would act meanly and deceitfully?
  • Extract from : « Notwithstanding » by Mary Cholmondeley

Antonyms for deceitfully

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