mendaciously
1
9.9
- adverb
- /mɛnˈdeɪʃəsli/
- Formal
:
mentirosamente
- Yourcenar has to change herself into Hadrian before she can write his letter to Marcus Aurelius, before he can write his memoirs and speak truly or even mendaciously for himself.
Examples
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They also mendaciously claim that the president's plan to increase the tax rate on those making more than one million dollars a year is a "small business tax hike."
Blog text (15) -
That's why Obama had to keep promising (mendaciously) that everybody would get to keep their current insurance.
Blog text (14) -
"Well, that was one reason," Jaxom replied mendaciously.
Fiction book (1991) -
You'll love her." "I'm sure I shall," said Annabelle mendaciously.
Fiction book (1990) -
And since the alarmist clique is the only crowd lining up behind Michael Mann, who mendaciously tried to show that the climate
Blog text (4) -
Later, Rumsey began a patent war by mendaciously claiming that his boat of 1784 was really a steamboat.
Academic text (2009) -
Either the source was speaking speculatively, facetiously, or mendaciously, or the source was delusional, or the source misinterpreted someone else's claim.
Blog text (8) -
And since the alarmist clique is the only crowd lining up behind Michael Mann, who mendaciously tried to show that the climate hardly changed before the industrial revolution, they are the ones denying climate change.
Blog text (4) -
She indicated the agency would not even propose taking the action that critics were claiming—falsely and mendaciously—would result in regulating farm dust.
Blog text (1) -
He spoke mendaciously when asked about his involvement in the scandal.
Synonyms
83
3.5
In a way that is not true or correct
16
5.7
In a way that makes something seem different from what it really is
4
3.5
In a way that tries to trick or cheat other people
2
5.3
In a way that gives someone the wrong idea
2
8.4
In a dishonest way, by pretending not to know something
1
6.3
In a way that tries to trick someone
1
5.9
In a way that is not true to make other people believe something false
1
7.7
In a way that seems true but is not
In a clever, tricky way to get what you want
Antonyms
How Dishonest
4
3.5
- Formal
1
9.9
16
5.7
2
5.3
1
5.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
mendaciously = mendacious (transparent) = mendacious + ly
The adverb is formed by adding the productive English suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'mendacious', a standard and transparent derivation.
Etymology
Mendaciously comes from the Latin word mendax, meaning 'lying'. So mendaciously describes doing something in a 'lying' or 'dishonest' way.