deceivable

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Therefore it is good to consider of deformity, not as a sign, which is more deceivable; but as a cause, which seldom faileth of the effect.

From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Bacon, Francis

There 's something in 't That is deceivable.

From Twelfth Night by Shakespeare, William

Then withal, I desire you to study how deceivable a thing sin is,—how many deceitful fair pretences it is covered with.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

Like to the scorpion so deceivable,* *deceitful That fhatt'rest with thy head when thou wilt sting; Thy tail is death, through thine envenoming.

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing

This Nessus with hise wordes slyhe Yaf such conseil tofore here yhe 2200 Which semeth outward profitable And was withinne deceivable.

From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)