deceptively

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Deceptively sophisticated and wonderfully expressive, it is full of lifelike details, without being made to resemble life.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025

Deceptively simple, the warmth and comfort of soup provide a temporary refuge from the winter chill, comforting the diner from the inside.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2023

Deceptively edited photos and videos have also gone viral across social media over the week following the search.

From The Verge • Aug. 15, 2022

Deceptively simple scenes — like a stunning, slow-motion shot of Rose posing for her school photograph — insinuate a wealth of information, but the movie doesn’t hanker to be understood.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2017

Deceptively simple in popular discourse, the concept that humanity constitutes a single people presents fundamental challenges to the way that most of the institutions of contemporary society carry out their functions.

From The Prosperity of Humankind by Baha'i International Community