deceptively

see definition of deceptively

as inshrewdly

as inuntruthfully

Word Origin & History

1610s, from French deceptif (late 14c.), from Medieval Latin deceptivus, from decept-, past participle stem of Latin decipere (see deceive). Earlier in this sense was deceptious (c.1600), from French deceptieux, from Medieval Latin deceptiosus, from deceptionem. Related: Deceptively; deceptiveness.

Example Sentences for deceptively

It was a hellishly unbuildable and deceptively simple gadget, that tracer.

They chatted pleasantly and in a deceptively random manner for a while.

Trench War in its railway requirements was deceptively like peace.

These little tech-hamlets down the 101 were deceptively utopian.

In the lamplight they were deceptively reminiscent of the eyes of a cat.

"Bang," he said deceptively, pointing with his hand in case his mother was looking.

With a deceptively firm step she entered a room to wonder at.

For all the warmth of the day, the water was deceptively icy.

Modern postwar pessimism, although a cult like any other, was persuasive, deceptively articulate.

ComGO was a bull-necked bald man with wide blue eyes, a deceptively mild voice.

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More words related to deceptively

shrewdly

adverb. astutely

untruthfully

adverb. dishonestly

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