deceitfully

Example Sentences

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In the end, much of what I had observed as a high life that might someday include me was simply smoke and mirrors artfully and deceitfully played.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025

"Breaking down, I hit the floor /All the pieces of me shattered as the crowd was chanting, 'More'," she sings on the deceitfully upbeat I Can Do It With A Broken Heart.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2024

He also said he believed the warrant served at his home was obtained deceitfully.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2023

It appears that Kogan deceitfully used his dual roles as a researcher and an entrepreneur to move data between an academic context and a commercial context, although the exact method of it is unclear.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2018

Would her father discover how deceitfully she had behaved?

From The Children of Wilton Chase by Meade, L. T.