untruly

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But their beauty, as has been untruly said of Gautier's representation in the other art, was "their sole duty."

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

Fisher answered warily, but certainly untruly, that he could not recollect the name either of the Prince who wrote the letter which had been discovered or of the messenger who brought it.

From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.

And after this pattern we least untruly and least unworthily conceive the mode of that eternal and universal Progress which is the life of the Whole within and as part of which we live.

From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney

George had alluded not untruly to his own engagements.

From The Bertrams by Trollope, Anthony

"I'm not," said Elfrida untruly, and sniffed with some intensity.

From Harding's luck by Millar, H. R. (Harold Robert)