untruly

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We do not dispense with clocks, because from time to time they go wrong, and tell untruly.

From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by Newman, John Henry

I care very little," said Lady Hastings, most untruly, "of what people accuse me.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various

George had alluded not untruly to his own engagements.

From The Bertrams by Trollope, Anthony

The study of grouping has been recently and not untruly said to be the foundation of all enduring criticism303.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

Gowrie himself, according to another copy of the MS., denied knowing Hume of Godscroft; if he did, he spoke untruly, teste Godscroft.

From James VI and the Gowrie Mystery by Lang, Andrew