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Definition of Hypocritically
1. Adverb. In a hypocritical manner. "He behaved hypocritically by praying piously when people were watching"
Definition of Hypocritically
1. Adverb. in a hypocritical manner ¹
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Definition of Hypocritically
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypocritically
Literary usage of Hypocritically
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antiquary by Walter Scott (1878)
"Does it not set forth that, God willing, as you hypocritically express it, the
Hawes Fly, or Queensferry Diligence, would set forth to-day at twelve o'clock ..."
2. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"... not merely that his party should hypocritically profess a.belief which they
did not entertain, but that they should, daringly and blasphemously, ..."
3. An Explanatory Commentary on Esther: With Four Appendices Consisting of the by Paulus Cassel (1888)
"... flatter the king by placing the honours to be conferred in the highest possible
scale; and with all this he hypocritically pretends to be impartial, ..."
4. Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1829)
"... and hypocritically, while a parry, offering herself as a judge, to betray
those whom she is not permitted openly to oppose. A fraudulent neutrality ..."
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