deceptively

Example Sentences

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Few 20th-century writers bred as many imitators as Ernest Hemingway, but his followers rarely matched the subtleties of his deceptively simple style.

From The Wall Street Journal

For more than 50 years, he has been creating deceptively simple but often back-breaking works in nature, through freezing winters, boiling summers and the seasons in between.

From BBC

Cinema wasn’t just in great shape; it was pacing itself, building its strength for one of its most exemplary, most deceptively important films this century: “The Housemaid.”

From Salon

It rejects claims by Harry, pop icon Elton John and his husband David Furnish, and four other well-known figures that it illegally intercepted voicemail messages, listened in on phone calls and deceptively obtained private information.

From Barron's

Yet some of those trails, most notably the Devil’s Backbone, can become deceptively difficult in the wintertime, transforming from moderate hikes into dangerous mountaineering routes that require specialized equipment and training.

From Los Angeles Times