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Definition of Deceivingly
1. Adverb. In a misleading way. "The exam looked deceptively easy"
Definition of Deceivingly
1. Adverb. In a deceiving manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deceivingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deceivingly
Literary usage of Deceivingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"... though, as the hunter would express it, they 'lumber' over the ground rather
deceivingly. The cows are usually much faster than the bulls. ..."
2. Transactions by Association for Studies in the Conservation of Historic Buildings (Great Britain) (1905)
"Has this misrepresentation of value been confined to the small bogus concerns,
which have been falsely and deceivingly advertising in our medical journals? ..."
3. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"... they 'lumber' over the ground rather deceivingly. The cows are usually much
faster than the bulls. It has been the remark of travellers that the buffalo ..."
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