deceitfully

adverb

Definition of deceitfullynext
as in falsely

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Recent Examples of deceitfully Jacob goes to Isaac with this hairy disguise, deceitfully announces himself as Esau, and obtains his father’s blessing—much to the chagrin of his brother. — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Mar. 2026 To help fill their coffers even more, the lobbyists deceitfully expanded the definition of those notch years to include everyone born through 1926. — Tom Margenau, Dallas Morning News, 1 Feb. 2026 But through no fault of the actress, the film starts to sag as Erika morphs from intoxicating vixen to deceitfully manipulative monster. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 Jan. 2026 Many homeowners consider white paint a safe choice, but settling on the right tone for your space is deceitfully tricky. — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deceitfully
  1. falsely
  2. dishonestly
  3. deceptively
  4. artfully
  5. cannily
Adverb
  • Comans had filed a lawsuit in July 2025 that challenged her removal and argued that DHS and FEMA harmed her reputation by falsely accusing her of funneling millions of dollars to New York City for the hotels.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • In 2025, for example, a Georgia court dismissed a defamation lawsuit against OpenAI after its ChatGPT tool falsely accused Mark Walters, a radio host, of embezzlement.
    — Kaitlin Newkirk, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of falsely
Adverb
  • This critical and necessary dialogue is then dishonestly framed as being anti-Israel.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 22 Aug. 2026
  • In that lawsuit, State Farm said that the record only showed a disagreement over the cause of roof damage, and that there was no evidence the company had acted dishonestly.
    — Michael Copley, NPR, 28 Apr. 2026
Definition of dishonestly
Adverb
  • For the final event, Tommerup plans to do something deceptively simple.
    — Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The paper, led by a researcher named Evan Hubinger, described an experiment in which Anthropic’s team had deliberately trained AI models to behave deceptively.
    — Kevin Roose, Vanity Fair, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of deceptively
Adverb
  • His bed, once artfully tussled, is a feat of military-tight corners.
    — Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2026
  • While posing artfully in the store’s shop window, Klara catches the eye of Josie (Mia Tharia), who persuades her mother Chrissie (Amy Adams) to buy her as a companion.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of artfully
Adverb
  • The idea might seem clever, as if the artist has cannily illustrated how the lovey-dovey notion of romance and family is hokey, brain-dead, false.
    — Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • In her depiction of the exhausting vigilance this reality required, through a second-person voice cannily implicating her reader, Rankine created a new language to identify a problem as old as the United States.
    — Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
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“Deceitfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deceitfully. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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